MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886

Deep-Sea taxon details

Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886

AphiaID

134197 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134197)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862

Original name

Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325-351, 470-493.
page(s): 487 [details]

Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 211-212 [details]

Type data

Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.35 & 35a, geounit Northeastern...

Holotype BMNH 1887.5.2.35 & 35a, geounit Northeastern Brazil [details]

, Type locality contained in South Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province

type locality contained in South Atlantic Lower Bathyal Province [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134197 on 2025-06-02

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polymastia corticata Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134197 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

[taxonomic tree]

original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1886). Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 18: 325-351, 470-493.
page(s): 487 [details]

original description Ridley, S.O.; Dendy, A. (1887). Report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. 'Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 20 (part 59): i-lxviii, 1-275, pl. 1-51, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-59/README.htm
page(s): 211-212 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The Polymastia species (Demospnges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area. In: Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg,. 13: 29-66. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-52 [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 131; note: misapplication [details]

additional source Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 25: 1-280, pls 1-18., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40603003
page(s): 119-120 [details]

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors

additional source Muricy, G.; Lopes, D.A.; Hajdu, E; Carvalho, M.S.; Moraes, F.C.; Klautau, M.; Menegola, C.; Pinheiro, U. (2011). Catalogue of Brazilian Porifera. Museu Nacional, Série Livros. 300 pp.
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors

additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Demosponges from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge shed more light on the diversity and biogeography of North Atlantic deep-sea sponges. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95(7), 1475-1516., available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9887026&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0025315415000983
page(s): 31-32; fig 25 & 26 [details]