Acanthopolymastia bathamae is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Polymastiidae. It is only known from the Papanui Submarine Canyon off Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Polymastiida |
| Family: | Polymastiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthopolymastia |
| Species: | A. bathamae
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthopolymastia bathamae Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
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| Holotype site: (SAMAN1988336) Two Wells, South Australia[1] | |
This is a small, cream-coloured hemispherical sponge up to 8 mm in diameter. Its texture is soft and velvety with a single central papilla up to 7 mm in height.
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS: Acanthopolymastia bathamae Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997: Occurrence Detail 4055765212 (catalogue no. dr_id_726001)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
- 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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