Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Macandrewiidae

Macandrewia Gray, 1859

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Macandrewia azorica Gray, 1859
Macandrewia ramosa Topsent, 1904
Macandrewia robusta Topsent, 1904

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of MacAndrewia and Myliusia, two new forms of Sponges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27: 437-440, pls XV-XVI.
basis of record	Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002 [2004]). Family Macandrewiidae Schrammen, 1924. Pp. 377-379. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002[2004]) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers) NY. 1708+xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Pisera, A.; Lévi, C. (2002). Family Macandrewiidae Schrammen, 1924. Pp. 377-379. In Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Macandrewia Gray, 1859. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132087