''Acanthopolymastia'' is a small
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
demosponge
Demosponges or common sponges are sponges of the class Demospongiae (from + ), the most diverse group in the phylum Porifera which include greater than 90% of all extant sponges with nearly 8,800 species
A species () is often de ...
s 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.
Species
Species include:
*''
Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa''
(Koltun, 1964)
*''
Acanthopolymastia bathamae''
Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
*''
Acanthopolymastia pisiformis''
Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
References
*
Polymastiidae
Taxa named by Patricia Bergquist
Taxa named by Michelle Kelly (marine scientist)
Taxa described in 1997
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