Porifera name details
Polymastica
736309 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736309)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Genus
- 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)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
(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. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [details]
page(s): 1104; pl LXXIII fig. 2. [details]
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]
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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Polymastica. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=736309 on 2025-04-10
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(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. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 527 [details]
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. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 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]
