Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific (2003-2017)

Deep water sponges in the family Polymastiidae were collected during the 2017 Abyss Cruise off
the East Coast of Australia and the 2003 NorFANZ Expedition to the Lord Howe and Norfolk ridges in the Tasman Sea,
Southwest Pacific ocean. Species of Radiella, Spinularia, Ridleia, Tentorium and Polymastia were collected from abyssal
and bathyal depths. From these collections, seven new species were discovered: Radiella nidula sp. nov., Radiella pumix
sp. nov., Radiella sclera sp. nov., Spinularia flagellata sp. nov., Tentorium labium sp. nov., Ridleia echidna sp. nov. and
Polymastia norfanzii sp. nov.
The data has been acquired on the following RV Investigator voyage <a href=\"https://www.marine.csiro.au/data/trawler/survey_details.cfm?survey=IN2017_V03\">IN2017_V03</a> with links to additional metadata, datasets, events, deployments, publications etc.

If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.