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Polymastia conigera Bowerbank, 1874

Polymastia conigera
Polymastia conigera

134196  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134196)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Polymastiida (Order)
  7. Polymastiidae (Family)
  8. Polymastia (Genus)
  9. Polymastia conigera (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 186, Pl. LXXII 13-16;192-195; note: illustration of the type specimen [details] OpenAccess publication
Lectotype  BMNH Bk379, geounit North Sea,  SME POL_002,...  
Holotype BMNH Bk379, geounit North Sea [details]
Lectotype SME POL_002, geounit North Sea [details]
Taxonomy Polymastia specimens described by Dendy, 1921 (Sealark Expedition) and Bergquist, 1968 are not P. conigera, but an other...  
Taxonomy Polymastia specimens described by Dendy, 1921 (Sealark Expedition) and Bergquist, 1968 are not P. conigera, but an other species from the Indo-Pacific region [details]
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 conigera Bowerbank, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134196 on 2025-01-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-01-06 13:59:43Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 186, Pl. LXXII 13-16;192-195; note: illustration of the type specimen [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The <i>Polymastia</i> species (Demospnges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area. <i>In: </i>Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg,.</em> 13: 29-66. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 36-38 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 323-325; Lám. 20 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bergquist, P.R. (1968). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 1 (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 37: 1-105.
page(s): 21-22; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cabioch, L. (1968). Contribution à la connaissance de la faune des Spongiaires de la Manche occidentale. Démosponges de la région de Roscoff. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 9(2): 211-246.
page(s): 213-214 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dendy, A. (1922). Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H.M.S.'Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <i>In</i>: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 7. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 18 (1): 1-164, pls 1-18.
page(s): 150-151; note: Misapplication [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (1993). Affinities of the Marine Demospongiae Fauna of the Cape Verde Islands and Tropical West Africa. <em>Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.</em> 159: 205-219. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46.
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Cotype BMNH 30.7.3.19, geounit North Sea [details]
Holotype BMNH Bk379, geounit North Sea [details]
Lectotype SME POL_002, geounit North Sea [details]
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Taxonomy Polymastia specimens described by Dendy, 1921 (Sealark Expedition) and Bergquist, 1968 are not P. conigera, but an other species from the Indo-Pacific region [details]
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Polymastia conigera
Polymastia conigera