Polymastia hirsuta

Polymastia hirsuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Hadromerida
Family: Polymastiidae
Genus: Polymastia
Species: P. hirsuta
Binomial name
Polymastia hirsuta
Bergquist, 1968

Polymastia hirsuta is a species of demosponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is found in various subtidal habitats in the far north of North Island, New Zealand.

This is a usually circular sponge up to 7 cm in diameter. This rather distinctive species is generally brown and silt-covered but with prominent papillae appearing as bright yellow, silt-free lumps over the whole surface.

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