Polymastiidae

Polymastiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Hadromerida
Family: Polymastiidae
Gray, 1867
genera include

Acanthopolymastia
Atergia
Polymastia
Proteleia
Quasillina
Radiella
Ridleia
Sphaerotylus
Spinularia
Tentorina
Tentorium
Trichostemma
Tylexocladus
Vosmaeria

Polymastiidae is a family of demosponges found in oceans throughout the world. A useful diagnostic characteristic of members of this family is the presence of numerous surface papillae although this feature is shown by some other sponges.

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