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Polymastia  Bowerbank, 1864
Taxonomic Serial No.: 48506

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumPorifera Grant, 1836 – sponges, éponges, esponja, porifero  
       ClassDemospongiae Sollas, 1885  
          OrderHadromerida Topsent, 1894  
             FamilyPolymastiidae Gray, 1867  
                GenusPolymastia Bowerbank, 1864  
    Direct Children:  
                   SpeciesPolymastia agglutinans (Lamarck, 1815)  
                   SpeciesPolymastia andrica   
                   SpeciesPolymastia boletiformis Bowerbank, 1874  
                   SpeciesPolymastia conigera Bowerbank, 1866  
                   SpeciesPolymastia inflata (O. F. Mueller, 1806)  
                   SpeciesPolymastia infrapilosa   
                   SpeciesPolymastia kurilensis Koltum, 1962  
                   SpeciesPolymastia loganoides   
                   SpeciesPolymastia mamillaris (O. F. Mueller, 1806)  
                   SpeciesPolymastia pacifica Lambe, 1894  
                   SpeciesPolymastia robusta   
                   SpeciesPolymastia sol (Schmidt, 1910)  
                   SpeciesPolymastia spinula Cabioch, 1968  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Polymastia   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2002   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges   
  Page(s): xlviii + 1708   
  Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-306-47260-0   
  Notes: Published in two volumes: Volume 1 - Introductions and Demospongiae; Volume 2 - Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Sphinctozoa, Archaeocyatha, unrecognizable taxa, and Index of higher taxa   
  Reference for: Polymastia   
       

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