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

Macandrewia azorica Gray, 1859

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macandrewia*	Gray, 1859	accepted genus name

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). 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).
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).
additional source	Xavier, J.R.; Rees, D.J.; Pereira, R.; Colaço, A.; Pham, C.K.; Carvalho, F.C. (2021). Diversity, Distribution and Phylogenetic Relationships of Deep-Sea Lithistids (Porifera, Heteroscleromorpha) of the Azores Archipelago. Frontiers in Marine Sciience. 8:600087.
additional source	Carter, H.J. (1873). On the Hexactinellidae and Lithistidae generally, and particularly on the Aphrocallistidae, Aulodictyon, and Farreae, together with Facts elicited from their Deciduous Structures and Descriptions respectively of Three New Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 12(71): 349-373, 437-472, pls. XIII-XVII.
additional source	Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. [Atlantic and Mediterranean sponges from the cruises of Prince Albert I of Monaco]. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, pls I-XI.
additional source	Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI.
additional source	Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
additional source	Topsent, E. (1904). Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 25: 1-280, pls 1-18.
additional source	Carvalho, F.C.; Pomponi, S.A.; Xavier, J.R. (2015). Lithistid sponges of the upper bathyal of Madeira, Selvagens and Canary Islands, with description of a new species of Isabella. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 95 (7), 1287-1296.
additional source	Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map.
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.

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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 azorica 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:134346