Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Polymastia maeandria
esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Polymastiida
Family
Polymastiidae
Genus
Polymastia
Species
maeandria
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: South of Galapagos Islands (Wilson, 1904).
- Wilson, H.V. (1904) The sponges. Reports on an Exploration off the West Coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross' during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.S., commanding. XXX. The Sponges. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 30(1): 1-164, pls. 1-26. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91612
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
- WoRMS Editorial Board (2013) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available from http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ
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"Galapagos Species Database, Polymastia maeandria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9825. Accessed 14 June 2025.