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Family: Polymastiidae



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49 species (see list below)
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Acanthopolymastia pisiformis
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Koltunia burtoni
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Polymastia agglutinans
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Polymastia andrica
[Many-knotted horny sponge]

Photo by Duncan, Peter

Northeast Atlantic

Polymastia boletiformis Bowerbank, 1874

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Polymastia boletiformis
[Yellow hedgehog sponge]
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Polymastia conigera
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Polymastia croceus
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Polymastia fistula
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Polymastia gemmipara
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Polymastia granulosa
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Polymastia grimaldii
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Polymastia hemisphaerica
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Polymastia inflata
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Polymastia invaginata
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Polymastia isidis
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Polymastia kurilensis
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Photo by Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Polymastia mamillaris (Müller, 1806)

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Polymastia mamillaris
[Teat sponge]
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Polymastia pachymastia
[Black-orange spud sponge]
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Max. Length 2 cm H
 
Polymastia pacifica
[Aggregated nipple sponge]
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Polymastia polytylota
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Polymastia rara
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Polymastia robusta
[Nipple sponge]
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Polymastia sasuensis
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Polymastia spinula
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Polymastia tenax
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Polymastia thielei
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Polymastia tropicalis
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Polymastia tubulifera
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Polymastia uberrima
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Polymastia viridis
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Pseudotrachya hystrix
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Quasillina brevis
[Short bladder horny sponge]
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Radiella sol
[Sun horny sponge]
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Radiella straticulata
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Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Circumantarctic.

Sphaerotylus antarcticus Kirkpatrick, 1907

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Sphaerotylus antarcticus
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Sphaerotylus borealis
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Sphaerotylus capitatus
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Sphaerotylus exospinosus
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Sphaerotylus exotylotus
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Sphaerotylus renoufi
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Sphaerotylus sceptrum
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Sphaerotylus tjalfei
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Sphaerotylus vanhoeffeni
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Spinularia australis
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Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Antarctic

Tentorium papillatum (Kirkpatrick, 1908)

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Tentorium papillatum
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Tentorium semisuberites
[Pavilion horny sponge]
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Trachyteleia hispida
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Tylexocladus hispidus
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Weberella haengwonensis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthopolymastia pisiformis Western Central Pacific. 1997
Koltunia burtoni Antarctic Pacific 1964
Polymastia agglutinans Northeast Atlantic 1815
Polymastia andrica Many-knotted horny sponge Northern Atlantic and the 1949
Polymastia boletiformis Yellow hedgehog sponge Northeast Atlantic 1874
Polymastia conigera Northeast Atlantic 1866
Polymastia croceus Southwest Pacific 1997
Polymastia fistula Southwest Pacific 2021
Polymastia gemmipara Western Central Pacific 1916
Polymastia granulosa Southwest Pacific 1924
Polymastia grimaldii Northern Atlantic. 1913
Polymastia hemisphaerica Arctic 1872
Polymastia inflata Arctic 1806
Polymastia invaginata Southern Ocean and the An 1907
Polymastia isidis Antarctic 1905
Polymastia kurilensis Antarctic 1962
Polymastia mamillaris Teat sponge Northeast Atlantic and th 1806
Polymastia pachymastia Black-orange spud sponge Northeast Pacific 1932
Polymastia pacifica Aggregated nipple sponge Eastern Pacific 2 H 1894
Polymastia polytylota Mediterranean 1969
Polymastia rara Arctic and Northwest Paci 1966
Polymastia robusta Nipple sponge Northwest Atlantic.
Polymastia sasuensis Northwest Atlantic. 2021
Polymastia spinula Northwest Atlantic. 1968
Polymastia tenax Western Central Atlantic 1986
Polymastia thielei Northern Atlantic and the 1964
Polymastia tropicalis Western Central Pacific 1967
Polymastia tubulifera Western Indian Ocean 1922
Polymastia uberrima Arctic and Northern Atlan 1870
Polymastia viridis Arctic and Northern Atlan 2021
Pseudotrachya hystrix Northeast Atlantic 1890
Quasillina brevis Short bladder horny sponge Arctic and Northwest Atla 1861
Radiella sol Sun horny sponge Arctic 1870
Radiella straticulata Western Central Pacific 1925
Sphaerotylus antarcticus Circumantarctic. 1907
Sphaerotylus borealis Arctic and Northeast Atla 1906
Sphaerotylus capitatus Northern Atlantic, Arctic 1885
Sphaerotylus exospinosus Western Central Pacific 1993
Sphaerotylus exotylotus Northwest Pacific 1970
Sphaerotylus renoufi Northeast Atlantic 2017
Sphaerotylus sceptrum Northwest Pacific 1970
Sphaerotylus tjalfei Northwest Atlantic 2017
Sphaerotylus vanhoeffeni Antarctic 1914
Spinularia australis Western Central Pacific. 1993
Tentorium papillatum Antarctic 1908
Tentorium semisuberites Pavilion horny sponge Cosmopolitan. 1870
Trachyteleia hispida Cosmopolitan. 1864
Tylexocladus hispidus Western Central Pacific 1993
Weberella haengwonensis Western Central Pacific 2021



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