Polymastia (sponge)
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| The sponge Polymastia boletiformis, Scilly Isles, UK. | |
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| Genus: | Polymastia Bowerbank, 1863
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Polymastia is a genus of sponges (Porifera) containing about 30 species.[1] These are small to large encrusting or dome-shaped sponges with a smooth surface having many teat-shaped projections (papillae). In areas of strong wave action, this genus does not grow the teat structures, but instead grows in a corrugated form.[2]
Its species include:
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References
- ^ Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2016). Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L. (2016). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17.
- ^ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 978-1-77007-772-0
- ^ http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/LPIPOD/BN14818_127~Detail-of-Encrusting-Sponge-Polymastia-Granulosa-Leigh-New-Zealand-Posters.jpg
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-19.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2016). Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1818). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2017-02-17.
- North East Atlantic Taxa
- Michelle Kelly-Borges & Patricia R. Bergquist (1997). "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" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 31 (3): 367–402. doi:10.1080/00288330.1997.9516772.[permanent dead link]
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