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

Polymastia uberrima (Schmidt, 1870)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rinalda Schmidt, 1870

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polymastia*	Bowerbank, 1862	accepted genus name
*Rinalda*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym
*Trichostemma*	Sars, 1869	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The Polymastia species (Demospnges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area. In: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg,. 13: 29-66.
basis of record	Plotkin, A.; Gerasimova, E.; Rapp, H.T. (2018). Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 98 (6), 1273–1335.
additional source	Hentschel, E. (1929). Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme des Nördlichen Eismeers. Pp. 857-1042, pls XII-XIV. In: Römer, F., Schaudinn, F., Brauer, A. & Arndt, W. (Eds), Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898. 5 (4) (G.Fischer, Jena).
additional source	Lundbeck, W. (1909). The Porifera of East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland. 29: 423-464.
additional source	Topsent, E. (1913). Spongiaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques de la ‘Princesse Alice' dans les Mers du Nord (1898-1899 - 1906-1907). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I de Monaco. 45: 1-67, pls I-V.
additional source	Rezvoi, P. (1931). Sponges collected by the expedition of the Institute for the scientific exploration of the North to Novaya Zemlya in 1925. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS. 32: 503-521. (In Russian, with English Summary).
additional source	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	Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9. 1-102.
additional source	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	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.

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. Polymastia uberrima (Schmidt, 1870). 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:134214