Polymastiidae
| Polymastiidae | |
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| Polymastia invaginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Polymastiida |
| Family: | Polymastiidae Gray, 1867 |
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Polymastiidae is a family of demosponges found in oceans throughout the world. It is the only family in the monotypic order Polymastiida. A useful diagnostic characteristic of members of this family is the presence of numerous surface although this feature is shown by some other sponges.
Genera[]
The following genera are recognised in the family Polymastiidae
References[]
- 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). . 31 (3): 367–402. doi:10.1080/00288330.1997.9516772.[permanent dead link]
- WoRMS - Polymastiidae Gray, 1867
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