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Polymastia lorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Polymastiida
Family:	Polymastiidae
Genus:	Polymastia
Species:	P. lorum
Binomial name
Polymastia lorum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997

Polymastia lorum is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from a single specimen found attached to a dead Glycimeris valve on a reef near Ohinau Island, one of the Mercury Islands off North Island, New Zealand.

This is a small encrusting sponge 4 cm across. The outer layer is yellow with an orange-red interior. The most remarkable feature of this sponge is its incredibly long (up to 6 cm) strap-like papillae.

References

• Michelle Kelly-Borges; Patricia R. Bergquist (September 1997). "Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, Tylexocladus Topsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia". New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 31 (3): 367–402. doi:10.1080/00288330.1997.9516772. ISSN 0028-8330. Wikidata Q55885986.

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