World Porifera Database - Species

WoRMS name details

Polymastica

AphiaID

736309 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736309)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (misspelling)

Accepted name

Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862

Rank

Genus

Parent

Polymastiidae Gray, 1867

Original name

Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862

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Species Polymastica mammillaris accepted as Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806) (misspelling of both genus and species name)
Species Polymastica robusta accepted as Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815) (misspelling of genus name and junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [details]

Descriptive notes

Nomenclature An obvious misspelling of Polymastia by Gray, who also refers to Bowerbank as the author.

Nomenclature An obvious misspelling of Polymastia by Gray, who also refers to Bowerbank as the author. [details]

Taxonomic 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Polymastica. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736309 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-07-22 13:58:38Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2019-03-11 11:18:30Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Notes (1)

Nomenclature

original description (of Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [details]

basis of record Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 527 [details]

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Nomenclature An obvious misspelling of Polymastia by Gray, who also refers to Bowerbank as the author. [details]