WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia nivea (Hansen, 1885)
989153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:989153)
accepted
Species
Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927 · unaccepted
Reniera nivea Hansen, 1885 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Reniera nivea Hansen, 1885) Hansen, G.A. (1885). Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. <em>Zoology.</em> 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map.
page(s): 5-6 [details]
page(s): 5-6 [details]
Type locality contained in Northern Norway and Finnmark
type locality contained in Northern Norway and Finnmark [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 nivea (Hansen, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=989153 on 2026-08-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Reniera nivea Hansen, 1885) Hansen, G.A. (1885). Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. <em>Zoology.</em> 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map.
page(s): 5-6 [details]
original description (of Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927) Rezvoj, P.D. (1927). A new species of sponges, <i>Polymastia euplectella</i>, from the Murman Coast. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences URSS.</em> 18: 301-302. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 5-6 [details]
original description (of Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927) Rezvoj, P.D. (1927). A new species of sponges, <i>Polymastia euplectella</i>, from the Murman Coast. <em>Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences URSS.</em> 18: 301-302. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
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): 20-22 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 20-22 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Reniera nivea Hansen, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymastia euplectella) (from synonym Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Reniera nivea Hansen, 1885)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymastia euplectella) (from synonym Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Polymastia euplectella Rezvoj, 1927)
