Polyfibrospongia, BOWERBANK, 1877

Wahab, Muhammad Azmi Abdul, Wilson, Nerida G., Prada, Diana, Gomez, Oliver & Fromont, Jane, 2021, Molecular and morphological assessment of tropical sponges in the subfamily Phyllospongiinae, with the descriptions of two new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193, pp. 319-355 : 338-339

GENUS POLYFIBROSPONGIA BOWERBANK, 1877

Type species

Polyfibrospongia flabellifera Bowerbank, 1877: 459– 460 , by original designation. Holotype lodged in the Dresden Museum. Two slides from the holotype are

arrows indicate attachment points. Scale bar = 5 cm. D, Phyllospongia bergquistae , paratype, erect, multiple frond morph, near Namuku, Fiji, WAM Z29271. Ethanol-preserved specimen. Scale bar = 5 cm. E, Phyllospongia bergquistae , holotype, close up of sponge inner surface showing fine, irregular patterning, John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef, collected from 22 m depth, AM Z5021. Described in Bergquist et al. (1988: 306–309) as Phyllospongia lamellosa . Ethanol-preserved specimen. Scale bar = 5 mm. F, Phyllospongia bergquistae , paratype, close up of sponge inner surface showing fine, irregular patterning, Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef, collected from 20 m depth, AM Z5020. Described in Bergquist et al. (1988: 306–309, fig. 22) as Phyllospongia lamellosa . Ethanol-preserved specimen. Scale bar = 5 mm.

in the British Natural History Museum NHMUK 1877.5.21.1302 from Geelvink Bay, Papua New Guinea.