NARMS taxon details
Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815)
134194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134194)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861 · unaccepted (nomen nudum and junior synonym)
Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=134194 on 2025-04-25
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=134194 on 2025-04-25
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original description
(of Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 62-64 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
original description (of Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV.
page(s): 822; pl XXVII fig 1 & 2; note: name given only in legend of figures [details]
original description (of Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861) Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
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] Available for editors
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 Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 66-67 [details]
additional source Hiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. <em>Report Lundy Field Society.</em> 34: 16-35.
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Plotkin, A.; Gerasimova, E.; Rapp, H.T. (2018). Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98 (6), 1273–1335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000285
page(s): 1282-1284 [details] Available for editors
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 62-64 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
original description (of Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV.
page(s): 822; pl XXVII fig 1 & 2; note: name given only in legend of figures [details]
original description (of Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861) Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
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] Available for editors
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 Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 66-67 [details]
additional source Hiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. <em>Report Lundy Field Society.</em> 34: 16-35.
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Plotkin, A.; Gerasimova, E.; Rapp, H.T. (2018). Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98 (6), 1273–1335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000285
page(s): 1282-1284 [details] Available for editors
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymastia boletiformis)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (31 records) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007527.PR)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymastia boletiformis)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861)
To PESI (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (31 records) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007527.PR)
To ITIS
