WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia crassa Carter, 1886
170628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170628)
accepted
Species
Polymastia bicolor var. crassa Carter, 1886 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Polymastia bicolor var. crassa 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): 120 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [from synonym] [view taxon] [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 crassa Carter, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170628 on 2026-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polymastia bicolor var. crassa 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): 120 [details]
new combination reference Dendy, A. (1897). Catalogue of Non-Calcareous Sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 9: 230-259.
page(s): 250 [details]
page(s): 120 [details]
new combination reference Dendy, A. (1897). Catalogue of Non-Calcareous Sponges collected by J. Bracebridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads. Part III. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 9: 230-259.
page(s): 250 [details]
Other
additional source
Wiedenmayer, F. (1989). Demospongiae (Porifera) from northern Bass Strait, southern Australia. <em>Memoirs Museum Victoria.</em> 50(1): 1-242, pls 1-38. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1989.50.01
page(s): 32-34 [details] Available for editors
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Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality