Polymastiida Morrow & Cárdenas 2015

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Description: WHite sponge Polymastia sp. Item Type: Image Title: Sponge Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Polymastia sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds

Aggregated nipple sponge (Polymastia pacifica)A relatively small Aggregated nipple sponge (Polymastia pacifica) . The projections are known as papillae.From: SIMoNLocation (General):Pacific GroveSite (Specific):Lover's PointDate taken:January, 17 2012

The ectosomal spicules of the cortex are fan-shaped

Type specimen in alcohol

Description: White sponge Polymastia sp. Item Type: Image Title: Polymastia sponge Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Polymastia sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds

Lectotype RMNH Por. 12422 (from Van Soest & Plotkin, 2012)

Linving specimen in situ on the threshold of the 3PPs cave. Speciemens are covered by sediments.

Description: Polymastia sp. sponge Item Type: Image Title: Polymastia sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Polymastia sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010

Description: Polymastia sp. sponge Item Type: Image Title: Polymastia sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Polymastia sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010

Description: Sponge Polymastia sp. Item Type: Image Title: Polymastia sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Polymastia sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010

Description: Polymastia sp. sponge with Sea spider Pycnogonid sp. Item Type: Image Title: Polymastia sp. Copyright: SERPENT project Species: Polymastia sp. Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- BrugdanNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Faroe-Shetland Channel -- Brugdan Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 480 Countries: Faroe Islands Habitat: Benthic Rig: Stena Don Project Partners: Statoil, Oceaneering ROV: Magnum 070, Sea Owl 590 Deposited By: Miss Moira MacLean Deposited On: 14 December 2010

Often see this type of sponge washed up on the beach.

Scleractinia

Porifera

Often see this type of sponge washed up on the beach.

Porifera