WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862
132046 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132046)
accepted
Genus
Spongia mamillaris Müller, 1806 accepted as Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806) (type by monotypy)
Pencillaria Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Polymastica · unaccepted (misspelling)
Rinalda Schmidt, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sideroderma Lendenfeld, 1883 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Trichostemma Sars, 1869 · unaccepted (nomen nudum)
Species Polymastia actinioides Koltun, 1966
Species Polymastia affinis Thiele, 1898
Species Polymastia agglutinans Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Polymastia andrica de Laubenfels, 1949
Species Polymastia arctica (Merejkowsky, 1878)
Species Polymastia atlantica Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
Species Polymastia aurantia Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia azorica Lévi & Vacelet, 1958
Species Polymastia bartletti de Laubenfels, 1942
Species Polymastia bicolor Carter, 1886
Species Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Polymastia bouryesnaultae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
Species Polymastia clavata Burton, 1959
Species Polymastia conigera Bowerbank, 1874
Species Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Polymastia crassa Carter, 1886
Species Polymastia craticia Hallmann, 1912
Species Polymastia crocea Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia dendyi Whitelegge, 1897
Species Polymastia disclera Lévi, 1964
Species Polymastia echinus Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia ectofibrosa Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994
Species Polymastia fistula Kim & Sim, 2021
Species Polymastia fluegeli Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2005
Species Polymastia fordei Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Species Polymastia fusca Bergquist, 1961
Species Polymastia gemmipara Dendy, 1916
Species Polymastia granulosa Brøndsted, 1924
Species Polymastia grimaldii (Topsent, 1913)
Species Polymastia harmelini Boury-Esnault & Bézac, 2007
Species Polymastia hemisphaerica (Sars, 1872)
Species Polymastia hirsuta Bergquist, 1968
Species Polymastia hispidissima Koltun, 1966
Species Polymastia inflata Cabioch, 1968
Species Polymastia invaginata Kirkpatrick, 1907
Species Polymastia janeirensis (Boury-Esnault, 1973)
Species Polymastia koltuni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Species Polymastia kurilensis Koltun, 1962
Species Polymastia laganoides Lambe, 1895
Species Polymastia littoralis Stephens, 1915
Species Polymastia lorum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia maeandria Wilson, 1904
Species Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806)
Species Polymastia martae Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994
Species Polymastia massalis Carter, 1886
Species Polymastia megasclera Burton, 1934
Species Polymastia murrayi Burton, 1959
Species Polymastia nigra Alcolado, 1984
Species Polymastia nivea (Hansen, 1885)
Species Polymastia pachymastia de Laubenfels, 1932
Species Polymastia pacifica Lambe, 1893
Species Polymastia paupera Fristedt, 1887
Species Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1814)
Species Polymastia pepo Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia piscesae Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014
Species Polymastia polytylota Vacelet, 1969
Species Polymastia radiosa Bowerbank, 1866
Species Polymastia rara Koltun, 1966
Species Polymastia rubens Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia sasuensis Kim & Sim, 2021
Species Polymastia simplicissima Thiele, 1898
Species Polymastia sola Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Species Polymastia spinula Bowerbank, 1866
Species Polymastia svenseni Plotkin, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2018
Species Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Species Polymastia thielei Koltun, 1964
Species Polymastia tissieri (Vacelet, 1961)
Species Polymastia toporoki Koltun, 1966
Species Polymastia tropicalis Lévi, 1967
Species Polymastia tubulifera Dendy, 1922
Species Polymastia uberrima (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Polymastia umbraculum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia varia Verrill, 1907
Species Polymastia villosa Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
Species Polymastia viridis Kim & Sim, 2021
Species Polymastia zitteli (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Polymastia biclavata Priest, 1881 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) biclavata (Priest, 1881) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia brevis (Bowerbank, 1861) accepted as Quasillina brevis (Bowerbank, 1861) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia bulbosa Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 accepted as Polymastia inflata Cabioch, 1968 (preoccupied)
Species Polymastia bulbosa Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia bursa (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Suberites bursa Schmidt, 1862
Species Polymastia bursa (Vosmaer, 1885) accepted as Weberella bursa Vosmaer, 1885 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Polymastia capitata Vosmaer, 1885 accepted as Sphaerotylus capitatus (Vosmaer, 1885) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927 accepted as Polymastia nivea (Hansen, 1885)
Species Polymastia gleneni Descatoire, 1966 accepted as Aaptos papillata (Keller, 1880) (synonym)
Species Polymastia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864) accepted as Trachyteleia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864) (misidentification of genus)
Species Polymastia infrapilosa Topsent, 1927 accepted as Polymastia uberrima (Schmidt, 1870) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia isidis Thiele, 1905 accepted as Sphaerotylus isidis (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia mammeata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Polymastia mammilaris accepted as Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806) (misspelling of species name)
Species Polymastia mammillaris accepted as Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806) (misspelling of species name)
Species Polymastia ornata Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia pacifica Koltun, 1966 accepted as Polymastia koltuni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
Species Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia sol (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Polymastia spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Spinularia spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia stipitata Carter, 1876 accepted as Stylocordyla borealis (Lovén, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Polymastia tapetum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997 accepted as Proteleia tapetum (Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997)
Species Polymastia manusdiaboli (Linnaeus, 1767) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Polymastia mespilus Schmidt, 1873 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Polymastia affinis Thiele, 1898
Species Polymastia agglutinans Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Polymastia andrica de Laubenfels, 1949
Species Polymastia arctica (Merejkowsky, 1878)
Species Polymastia atlantica Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
Species Polymastia aurantia Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia azorica Lévi & Vacelet, 1958
Species Polymastia bartletti de Laubenfels, 1942
Species Polymastia bicolor Carter, 1886
Species Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815)
Species Polymastia bouryesnaultae Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
Species Polymastia clavata Burton, 1959
Species Polymastia conigera Bowerbank, 1874
Species Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Polymastia crassa Carter, 1886
Species Polymastia craticia Hallmann, 1912
Species Polymastia crocea Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia dendyi Whitelegge, 1897
Species Polymastia disclera Lévi, 1964
Species Polymastia echinus Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia ectofibrosa Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994
Species Polymastia fistula Kim & Sim, 2021
Species Polymastia fluegeli Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2005
Species Polymastia fordei Lehnert & van Soest, 1999
Species Polymastia fusca Bergquist, 1961
Species Polymastia gemmipara Dendy, 1916
Species Polymastia granulosa Brøndsted, 1924
Species Polymastia grimaldii (Topsent, 1913)
Species Polymastia harmelini Boury-Esnault & Bézac, 2007
Species Polymastia hemisphaerica (Sars, 1872)
Species Polymastia hirsuta Bergquist, 1968
Species Polymastia hispidissima Koltun, 1966
Species Polymastia inflata Cabioch, 1968
Species Polymastia invaginata Kirkpatrick, 1907
Species Polymastia janeirensis (Boury-Esnault, 1973)
Species Polymastia koltuni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Species Polymastia kurilensis Koltun, 1962
Species Polymastia laganoides Lambe, 1895
Species Polymastia littoralis Stephens, 1915
Species Polymastia lorum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia maeandria Wilson, 1904
Species Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806)
Species Polymastia martae Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994
Species Polymastia massalis Carter, 1886
Species Polymastia megasclera Burton, 1934
Species Polymastia murrayi Burton, 1959
Species Polymastia nigra Alcolado, 1984
Species Polymastia nivea (Hansen, 1885)
Species Polymastia pachymastia de Laubenfels, 1932
Species Polymastia pacifica Lambe, 1893
Species Polymastia paupera Fristedt, 1887
Species Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1814)
Species Polymastia pepo Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia piscesae Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014
Species Polymastia polytylota Vacelet, 1969
Species Polymastia radiosa Bowerbank, 1866
Species Polymastia rara Koltun, 1966
Species Polymastia rubens Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia sasuensis Kim & Sim, 2021
Species Polymastia simplicissima Thiele, 1898
Species Polymastia sola Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Species Polymastia spinula Bowerbank, 1866
Species Polymastia svenseni Plotkin, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2018
Species Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
Species Polymastia thielei Koltun, 1964
Species Polymastia tissieri (Vacelet, 1961)
Species Polymastia toporoki Koltun, 1966
Species Polymastia tropicalis Lévi, 1967
Species Polymastia tubulifera Dendy, 1922
Species Polymastia uberrima (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Polymastia umbraculum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
Species Polymastia varia Verrill, 1907
Species Polymastia villosa Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
Species Polymastia viridis Kim & Sim, 2021
Species Polymastia zitteli (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Polymastia biclavata Priest, 1881 accepted as Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) biclavata (Priest, 1881) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia brevis (Bowerbank, 1861) accepted as Quasillina brevis (Bowerbank, 1861) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia bulbosa Sarà & Siribelli, 1960 accepted as Polymastia inflata Cabioch, 1968 (preoccupied)
Species Polymastia bulbosa Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia bursa (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Suberites bursa Schmidt, 1862
Species Polymastia bursa (Vosmaer, 1885) accepted as Weberella bursa Vosmaer, 1885 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Polymastia capitata Vosmaer, 1885 accepted as Sphaerotylus capitatus (Vosmaer, 1885) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927 accepted as Polymastia nivea (Hansen, 1885)
Species Polymastia gleneni Descatoire, 1966 accepted as Aaptos papillata (Keller, 1880) (synonym)
Species Polymastia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864) accepted as Trachyteleia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864) (misidentification of genus)
Species Polymastia infrapilosa Topsent, 1927 accepted as Polymastia uberrima (Schmidt, 1870) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia isidis Thiele, 1905 accepted as Sphaerotylus isidis (Thiele, 1905) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia mammeata (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Hymeniacidon perlevis (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Polymastia mammilaris accepted as Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806) (misspelling of species name)
Species Polymastia mammillaris accepted as Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806) (misspelling of species name)
Species Polymastia ornata Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia pacifica Koltun, 1966 accepted as Polymastia koltuni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
Species Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815) (junior synonym)
Species Polymastia sol (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Radiella sol Schmidt, 1870 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Polymastia spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Spinularia spinularia (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Species Polymastia stipitata Carter, 1876 accepted as Stylocordyla borealis (Lovén, 1868) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Polymastia tapetum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997 accepted as Proteleia tapetum (Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997)
Species Polymastia manusdiaboli (Linnaeus, 1767) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Polymastia mespilus Schmidt, 1873 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [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. Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132046 on 2023-09-24
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original description
Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Rinalda Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details]
original description (of Trichostemma Sars, 1869) Sars, G.O. (1869). Fortsatte bemaerkninger over det dyriske livs Udredning i havets dybder - On the Deep-sea Fauna of the Norwegian coast. Forhandlinger i Videnskabsselskabet i Kristiana 1868: 246-275. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43782509 [details]
original description (of Pencillaria Gray, 1867) 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.
page(s): 527 [details]
basis of record Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085
page(s): 177 [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]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [details]
original description (of Rinalda Schmidt, 1870) Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): iii-iv, 1-88, pls I-VI. [details]
original description (of Trichostemma Sars, 1869) Sars, G.O. (1869). Fortsatte bemaerkninger over det dyriske livs Udredning i havets dybder - On the Deep-sea Fauna of the Norwegian coast. Forhandlinger i Videnskabsselskabet i Kristiana 1868: 246-275. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43782509 [details]
original description (of Pencillaria Gray, 1867) 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.
page(s): 527 [details]
basis of record Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085
page(s): 177 [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]
additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors
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