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

Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polymastia agglutinans*	Ridley & Dendy, 1886	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia azorica*	Lévi & Vacelet, 1958	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia boletiformis*	(Lamarck, 1815)	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia conigera*	Bowerbank, 1874	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia corticata*	Ridley & Dendy, 1886	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia ectofibrosa*	Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia grimaldii*	(Topsent, 1913)	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia hemisphaerica*	(Sars, 1872)	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia inflata*	Cabioch, 1968	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia mamillaris*	(Müller, 1806)	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia martae*	Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia mespilus*	Schmidt, 1873	taxonomically included in; species inquirenda
*Polymastia paupera*	Fristedt, 1887	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia penicillus*	(Montagu, 1814)	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia polytylota*	Vacelet, 1969	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia radiosa*	Bowerbank, 1866	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia sola*	Pulitzer-Finali, 1983	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia spinula*	Bowerbank, 1866	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia tissieri*	(Vacelet, 1961)	taxonomically included in
*Polymastia uberrima*	(Schmidt, 1870)	taxonomically included in
*Rinalda*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym
*Trichostemma*	Sars, 1869	synonym; nom. nud.

Children

Polymastia agglutinans Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Polymastia azorica Lévi & Vacelet, 1958
Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815)
Polymastia conigera Bowerbank, 1874
Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Polymastia ectofibrosa Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994
Polymastia grimaldii (Topsent, 1913)
Polymastia hemisphaerica (Sars, 1872)
Polymastia inflata Cabioch, 1968
Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806)
Polymastia martae Boury-Esnault, Pansini & Uriz, 1994
Polymastia mespilus Schmidt, 1873
Polymastia paupera Fristedt, 1887
Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1814)
Polymastia polytylota Vacelet, 1969
Polymastia radiosa Bowerbank, 1866
Polymastia sola Pulitzer-Finali, 1983
Polymastia spinula Bowerbank, 1866
Polymastia tissieri (Vacelet, 1961)
Polymastia uberrima (Schmidt, 1870)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: タコウカイメン属

Literature

original description	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.
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).
basis of record	Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII.
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.
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	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	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.
additional source	Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.

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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. Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862. 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:132046