(ofSpongia mamillaris Müller, 1806)Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online athttp://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528[details]
TaxonomyPolymastia mamillaris of most authors prior to the revision of Morrow & Boury-Esnault, 2000 must be referred to Polymastia...
TaxonomyPolymastia mamillaris of most authors prior to the revision of Morrow & Boury-Esnault, 2000 must be referred to Polymastia penicillus. Polymastia mamillaris sensu Müller, 1806 is a separate valid species from Swedish Coast (North-Sea) and Barents Sea. The citations of this species of Polymastia from other parts of the world are highly doubtful. Especially all records from Mediterranean area have to be allocated to Polymastia penicillus. All the databases have to be checked carefully concerning this species [details]
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the...
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), western slope of Newfoundland , including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50 m in the area southwest of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) [details]
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 mamillaris (Müller, 1806). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=134204 on 2025-07-18
original description(ofSpongia mamillaris Müller, 1806)Müller, O. F. (1806). Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. [Danish Zoology, or Descriptions and History of the Rarer and Lesser Known Animals of Denmark and Norway.]. <em>Havniae [Copenhague], N. Christensen.</em> 4 [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160., available online athttp://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PPN=PPN614794528[details]
basis of recordMorrow, C.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2000). Redescription of the type species of the genus <i>Polymastia</i> Bowerbank, 1864 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22 (2): 327-335. page(s): 327-335 [details]
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additional sourceStephens, J. (1915). Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 50(2): 423-467. page(s): 29; note: Misapplication [details]
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additional sourceTopsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. <em>Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan.</em> 8: 1-7. page(s): 2 & 3; note: Misapplication
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additional sourceVosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V. page(s): 14-16 [details]
additional sourceBurton, M. (1931). The Folden Fiord. Report on the sponges collected by Mr. Soot-Ryven in the Folden Fiord in the year 1923. <em>Tromsø Museum Skrifter.</em> 1 (13): 1-8. page(s): 8 [details]
additional sourceCarballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 195; note: Misapplication [details]
additional sourceMothes de Moraes, B. (1985). Sponges collected by the Oxford Diving Expedition to the Cabo Frio Up welling Area (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). <em>Studies of Neotropical Fauna and Environment.</em> 20: 227-237. page(s): 230-231; note: Misapplication [details]
additional sourceTendal, O.S. (1970). De Danske Peary Land Ekspeditioner, I. Sponges from Jørgen Brønlund Fjord, North Greenland. <em>Meddelelser om Grønland.</em> Meddelelser om Grønland. page(s): 6-7; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceBoury-Esnault, N. (1974). Structure et ultrastructure des papilles d'éponges du genre <i>Polymastia</i> Bowerbank. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale & générale.</em> 115(1), 141-165. note: Misapplication [details]
additional sourceBoury-Esnault, N. (1987). The <i>Polymastia</i> species (Demospnges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area. <i>In: </i>Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg,.</em> 13: 29-66. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 32-34; note: Misapplication: in fact description of Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1818) [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional sourceUriz, M.J. (1983). Monografía I. Contribución a la fauna de esponjas (Demospongia) de Cataluña. <em>Anales de la Sección Ciencias del Colegio Universitario de Gerona.</em> 7: 1-220. page(s): 24-37; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourcePansini, M.; Musso, B. (1991). Sponges from trawl-exploitable bottoms of the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Seas: distribution and ecology. <em>P.S.Z.N.I.: Marine Ecology.</em> 12 (4): 317-329. page(s): 320; note: misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional sourceBowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265 page(s): 31-32, Pl XII; note: Misapplication [details]
additional sourceBurton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II. page(s): 487 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional sourceHanitsch, R. (1889). Second Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 3: 155-173, pls V-VII. page(s): 166-168; note: Misapplication [details]
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additional sourceHiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. <em>Report Lundy Field Society.</em> 34: 16-35. page(s): 21; note: Misapplication [details]
additional sourceLévi, C. (1956). Étude des <i>Halisarca</i> de Roscoff. Embryologie et systématique des démosponges. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 93(1): 1-181. page(s): 109-110; note: Misapplication: reproduction [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record(ofSpongia mamillaris Müller, 1806)Morrow, C.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2000). Redescription of the type species of the genus <i>Polymastia</i> Bowerbank, 1864 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida). <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22 (2): 327-335.[details]
basis of record(ofPolymastia mammillaris)Lundbeck, W. (1909). The Porifera of East Greenland. <em>Meddelelser om Grønland.</em> 29: 423-464. page(s): 451 [details]
basis of record(ofPolymastia mammilaris)Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. page(s): 75 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record(ofPencillaria mammillaris)Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. page(s): 527 [details]
basis of record(ofPolymastica mammillaris)Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. page(s): 527 [details]
additional source(ofPolymastia mammilaris)Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online athttp://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf note: Misapplication: Polymastia penicillus[details]
additional source(ofPolymastia mammilaris)Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp. page(s): 307-311; Láms. 17-18; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source(ofPolymastia mammillaris)Burton, M. (1933). Report on a small collection of sponges from Stil Bay, S. Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 10 (11): 235-244. note: Misapplication [details]
additional source(ofSpongia mamillaris Müller, 1806)Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source(ofPolymastia mammillaris)Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Reproduction Oviparity. Oocytes 65-85 µm. [details] TaxonomyPolymastia mamillaris of most authors prior to the revision of Morrow & Boury-Esnault, 2000 must be referred to Polymastia penicillus. Polymastia mamillaris sensu Müller, 1806 is a separate valid species from Swedish Coast (North-Sea) and Barents Sea. The citations of this species of Polymastia from other parts of the world are highly doubtful. Especially all records from Mediterranean area have to be allocated to Polymastia penicillus. All the databases have to be checked carefully concerning this species [details]
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Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), western slope of Newfoundland , including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50 m in the area southwest of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region) [details]
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