WoRMS taxon details
Polymastiidae Gray, 1867
Genus Acanthopolymastia Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Genus Astrotylus Plotkin & Janussen, 2007
Genus Atergia Stephens, 1915
Genus Koltunia Plotkin, Morrow, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2017
Genus Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862
Genus Proteleia Dendy & Ridley, 1886
Genus Pseudotrachya Hallmann, 1914
Genus Quasillina Norman, 1869
Genus Radiella Schmidt, 1870
Genus Ridleia Dendy, 1888
Genus Sphaerotylus Topsent, 1898
Genus Spinularia Gray, 1867
Genus Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887
Genus Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928
Genus Tylexocladus Topsent, 1898
Genus Weberella Vosmaer, 1885
Genus Anomolissa de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Pseudotrachya Hallmann, 1914 (junior synonym)
Genus Bursalina Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Quasillina Norman, 1869 (junior synonym)
Genus Clathroscula Merejkowsky, 1878 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Pencillaria Gray, 1867 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
Genus Polymastica accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (misspelling)
Genus Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spinularia Gray, 1867
Genus Rinalda Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
Genus Sideroderma Lendenfeld, 1883 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
Genus Suberitechinus de Laubenfels, 1949 accepted as Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928 (junior synonym)
Genus Thecophora Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887 (preoccupied)
Genus Trichostemma Sars, 1869 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (nomen nudum)
Genus Astrotylus Plotkin & Janussen, 2007
Genus Atergia Stephens, 1915
Genus Koltunia Plotkin, Morrow, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2017
Genus Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862
Genus Proteleia Dendy & Ridley, 1886
Genus Pseudotrachya Hallmann, 1914
Genus Quasillina Norman, 1869
Genus Radiella Schmidt, 1870
Genus Ridleia Dendy, 1888
Genus Sphaerotylus Topsent, 1898
Genus Spinularia Gray, 1867
Genus Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887
Genus Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928
Genus Tylexocladus Topsent, 1898
Genus Weberella Vosmaer, 1885
Genus Anomolissa de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Pseudotrachya Hallmann, 1914 (junior synonym)
Genus Bursalina Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Quasillina Norman, 1869 (junior synonym)
Genus Clathroscula Merejkowsky, 1878 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Pencillaria Gray, 1867 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
Genus Polymastica accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (misspelling)
Genus Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spinularia Gray, 1867
Genus Rinalda Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
Genus Sideroderma Lendenfeld, 1883 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
Genus Suberitechinus de Laubenfels, 1949 accepted as Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928 (junior synonym)
Genus Thecophora Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887 (preoccupied)
Genus Trichostemma Sars, 1869 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131673 on 2023-09-24
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Remark Dr Alexander Plotkin assisted in compiling the list of genera and species (September 2007). [details]
