Macandrewia

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| image = Macandrewia robusta (10.7717-peerj.8703) Figure 2 (cropped).png

| image_caption = Macandrewia robusta

| parent_authority = Schrammen, 1924

| taxon = Macandrewia

| authority = Gray, 1859

| type_species = Macandrewia azorica

| type_species_authority = Gray, 1859

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

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Macandrewia is a genus of sea sponges, and is the only genus in the monotypic family Macandrewiidae.

Description

Species are cup-shaped, expanded, more or less sinuate or lobed. They are attached to the substrate by a more solid base. They are covered by a fleshy layer. It is supported by a siliceous cup-shaped axis. The upper surface is covered in of pores, which are grouped into roses which are surrounded by radiating grooves. The lower surface is non-porous.Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of MacAndrewia and Myliusia, two new forms of Sponges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27: 437-440

Species

The following species are recognised:{{Cite web|title=Macandrewia Gray, 1859|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132087|access-date=2021-08-18|website=WoRMS}}

Macandrewia auris Lendenfeld, 1907
Macandrewia azorica Gray, 1859
Macandrewia clavatella (Schmidt, 1870)
Macandrewia minima Carvalho & Xavier, 2020
Macandrewia ramosa Topsent, 1904
Macandrewia rigida Lévi & Lévi, 1989
Macandrewia robusta Topsent, 1904
Macandrewia schusterae Carvalho & Xavier, 2020
Macandrewia spinifoliata Lévi & Lévi, 1983

References

Category:Tetractinellida