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Polymastiidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Polymastiidae is a family of demosponges found in oceans throughout the world. A useful diagnostic characteristic of members of this family is the presence of numerous surface papillae although this feature is shown by some other sponges.
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Genus

Acanthopolymastia (3)
Astrotylus (2)
Atergia (3)
Koltunia (1)
Polymastia (80)
Proteleia (2)
Pseudotrachya (2)
Quasillina (4)
Radiella (7)
Ridleia (2)
Sphaerotylus (15)
Spinularia (4)
Tentorium (3)
Trachyteleia (3)
Tylexocladus (2)
Weberella (5)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0