Polymastiida

Polymastiida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Subclass: Heteroscleromorpha
Order: Polymastiida
Morrow & Cárdenas, 2015
Families

Polymastiida is an order of sea sponges.

Taxonomy and history

The order Polymastiida was erected in 2015 to accommodate the demosponge family Polymastiidae, previously placed in the now-defunct paraphyletic order Hadromeridam, and was then considered monotypic. A second family in the order, Spinulariidae, was erected in 2026 to accommodate the deep sea genera Spinularia, Acanthopolymastia, Pseudotrachya, and Tentorium.

Families

The order Polymastiida includes the following families:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Polymastiida". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Morrow, Christine; Cárdenas, Paco (2015). "Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera)". Frontiers in Zoology. 12 (1) 7. doi:10.1186/s12983-015-0099-8. ISSN 1742-9994. LCCN 2004243836. OCLC 810434771. PMC 4404696.
  3. ↑ Santín, A.; Theising, F.I.; Despujols, D.; Brandt, A. (2026). "A chance encounter: New Spinularia Gray, 1867 from abyssal depths of the Aleutian Trench (Bering Sea) leads to the proposal of new family, Spinulariidae fam nov". Progress in Oceanography. 244 103699. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103699. ISSN 0079-6611. OCLC 39196519.
  4. ↑ Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Spinulariidae Santín & Brandt, 2026". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 September 2026.