WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia bicolor Carter, 1886
170626 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170626)
accepted
Species
Polymastia bicolor var. glomerata Carter, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Polymastia bicolor var. crassa Carter, 1886 accepted as Polymastia crassa Carter, 1886
- Variety Polymastia bicolor var. glomerata Carter, 1886 accepted as Polymastia bicolor Carter, 1886 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 17 (97, 98, 101, 102): 40-53, 112-127, 431-441, 502-516., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609460181
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Polymastia bicolor Carter, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170626 on 2026-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 17 (97, 98, 101, 102): 40-53, 112-127, 431-441, 502-516., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609460181
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Polymastia bicolor var. glomerata Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 17 (97, 98, 101, 102): 40-53, 112-127, 431-441, 502-516., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609460181
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Polymastia bicolor var. glomerata Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 17 (97, 98, 101, 102): 40-53, 112-127, 431-441, 502-516., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609460181
page(s): 119 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
