WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986
170656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170656)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
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Holotype MSNG 47687, geounit Greater Antilles
Holotype MSNG 47687, geounit Greater Antilles [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Polymastia tenax Pulitzer-Finali, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170656 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
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Taxonomy
redescription
Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The <i>Polymastia</i> species (Demospnges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area. <i>In: </i>Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg,.</em> 13: 29-66. (look up in IMIS)
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Other
additional source
Lehnert, H. (1993). Die Schwämme von Cozumel (Mexiko). Bestandsaufnahme, kritischer Vergleich taxonomischer Merkmale, und Beschreibung einer neuen Art (The sponges from Cozumel (Mexico). Inventory, critical comparison of taxonomic characters and description of a new species. <em>Acta Biolologica Benrodis.</em> 5: 35-127 (in German, with abstracts in German and English).
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre.
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additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 80 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
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additional source Vacelet, J. (1990). Les spongiaires. <i>in</i> Le Monde Marin. (ed. Claude Bouchon) pp 16-33. <em>La Grande Encyclopédie de la Caraïbe.</em> Editions Caraïbes, Pointe à Pitre.
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors

additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 80 [details]
additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 58-59 [details] Available for editors






Holotype MSNG 47687, geounit Greater Antilles [details]