Acanthopolymastia
Acanthopolymastia is a small genus of demosponges belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It has three describe species. These small, bristly, cushion-shaped sponges are only known from deep-sea sites (to a depth of 3400 m) in the southern oceans.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Polymastiida |
| Family: | Polymastiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthopolymastia Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997 |
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Species
Species include:
- Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa (Koltun, 1964)
- Acanthopolymastia bathamae Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
- Acanthopolymastia pisiformis Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
References
- Michelle Kelly-Borges & Patricia R. Bergquist (1997). "Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, Tylexocladus Topsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 31 (3): 367–402. doi:10.1080/00288330.1997.9516772.
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