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Class: Demospongiae
Order: Polymastiida
Family: Polymastiidae

Genus: Polymastia

(See list of species below)

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28 species (see list below)
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Polymastia agglutinans
[]
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Polymastia andrica
[Many-knotted horny sponge]

Duncan, Peter

Northeast Atlantic

Polymastia boletiformisBowerbank, 1874

Photo by Duncan, Peter
 
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
[]

Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Polymastia mamillaris(Müller, 1806)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
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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