Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Polymastiida

Polymastiidae Gray, 1867

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Atergia*	Stephens, 1915	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia*	Bowerbank, 1862	taxonomically included in
*Proteleia*	Dendy & Ridley, 1886	taxonomically included in
*Pseudotrachya*	Hallmann, 1914	taxonomically included in
*Quasillina*	Norman, 1869	taxonomically included in
*Radiella*	Schmidt, 1870	taxonomically included in
*Ridleia*	Dendy, 1888	taxonomically included in
*Sphaerotylus*	Topsent, 1898	taxonomically included in
*Spinularia*	Gray, 1867	taxonomically included in
*Tentorium*	Vosmaer, 1887	taxonomically included in
*Trachyteleia*	Topsent, 1928	taxonomically included in
*Tylexocladus*	Topsent, 1898	taxonomically included in
*Weberella*	Vosmaer, 1885	taxonomically included in

Children

Atergia Stephens, 1915
Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862
Proteleia Dendy & Ridley, 1886
Pseudotrachya Hallmann, 1914
Quasillina Norman, 1869
Radiella Schmidt, 1870
Ridleia Dendy, 1888
Sphaerotylus Topsent, 1898
Spinularia Gray, 1867
Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887
Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928
Tylexocladus Topsent, 1898
Weberella Vosmaer, 1885

Literature

original description	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.
basis of record	Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5.
basis of record	Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Ekins, M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2023). Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. Zootaxa. 5369(1): 57-88.

Genbank

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. Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131673