Polymastia nivea
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Polymastia nivea (Hansen, 1885)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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 2026-08-29
created: 2017-04-12T10:08:11Z
modified: 2017-04-12T10:08:11Z
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replaces: 193309
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Polymastia nivea (Hansen, 1885)
class: Demospongiae
family: Polymastiidae
genus: Polymastia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Hansen, G.A. (1885). Spongiadae. The Norwegian North-Atlantic Expedition 1876-1878. Zoology. 13: 1-26, pls I-VII, 1 map.
name published in: Rezvoj, P.D. (1927). A new species of sponges, Polymastia euplectella, from the Murman Coast. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences URSS. 18: 301-302.
name published in year: 1885
name published in year: 1927
order: Polymastiida
parent name usage ID: 132046
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Hansen, 1885)
specific epithet: nivea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted