Polymastiidae

Taxobox
name = Polymastiidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Porifera
classis = Demospongiae
ordo = Hadromerida
familia = Polymastiidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1867
subdivision_ranks = genera include
subdivision = "Acanthopolymastia"
"Atergia"
"Polymastia"
"Proteleia"
"Quasillina"
"Radiella"
"Ridleia"
"Sphaerotylus"
"Spinularia"
"Tentorina"
"Tentorium"
"Trichostemma"
"Tylexocladus"
"Vosmaeria"

Polymastiidae is a family of demosponges found in oceans throughout the world. A useful diagnostic characteristic of members of this family is the presence of numerous surface papillae although this feature is shown by some other sponges.

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