Polymastia (sponge)

Taxobox
name = "Polymastia"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Porifera
classis = Demospongiae
ordo = Hadromerida
familia = Polymastiidae
genus = "Polymastia"
genus_authority = Bowerbank, 1863
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Polymastia" is a genus of sponges (Porifera). These are small to large encrusting or dome-shaped sponges with a smooth surface marked with many papillae.

Its species include:-
*"Polymastia agglutinans"
*"Polymastia aurantium"
*"Polymastia bicolor"
*"Polymastia boletiformis" [http://www.imagequest3d.com/cgi-bin/ImageFolio4/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=aquatic/porifera&
]
*"Polymastia bursa"
*"Polymastia conigera"
*"Polymastia crassa"
*"Polymastia craticia"
*"Polymastia croceus"
*"Polymastia echinus"
*"Polymastia fusca"
*"Polymastia granulosa" [http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/LPIPOD/BN14818_127~Detail-of-Encrusting-Sponge-Polymastia-Granulosa-Leigh-New-Zealand-Posters.jpgimage]
*"Polymastia grimaldi"
*"Polymastia hirsuta"
*"Polymastia inflata"
*"Polymastia invaginata" [http://www.guiamarina.com/chile/01%20animals/01%20Porifera/Polymastia%20invaginata.jpgimage]
*"Polymastia isidis"
*"Polymastia lorum"
*"Polymastia mamillaris"
*"Polymastia massilis"
*"Polymastia megasclera"
*"Polymastia mespilus"
*"Polymastia penicillus" [http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=C2610]
*"Polymastia pepo"
*"Polymastia rubens"
*"Polymastia spinula"
*"Polymastia tapetum"
*"Polymastia thielei"
*"Polymastia uberrima"
*"Polymastia umbraculum"
*"Polymastia zitteli"

References

* [http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Porifera.pdf North East Atlantic Taxa]
*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjmfr/1997/32.pdf |title= Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of "Polymastia" Bowerbank, "Tylexocladus" Topsent, and "Acanthopolymastia" gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia |journal=New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research |volume=31 |year=1997 |author=Michelle Kelly-Borges & Patricia R. Bergquist |pages=367–402