- Polymastia rubens
Taxobox
name = "Polymastia rubens"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Porifera
classis =Demospongiae
ordo =Hadromerida
familia =Polymastiidae
genus = "Polymastia"
species = "P. rubens"
binomial = "Polymastia rubens"
binomial_authority = Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997"Polymastia rubens" is a species of
demosponge belonging to the familyPolymastiidae . It is only known from rocky subtidal habitats aroundKawau Island offNorth Island ,New Zealand .This is an encrusting sponge with a very firm texture, growing in patches up to 7 cm across. The outer layer is bright red with a brown interior. The surface is smooth apart from small wart-like
papilla e.References
*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
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