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.[1]
macandrewia, genus, sponges, only, genus, monotypic, family, macandrewiidae, robustascientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, poriferaclass, demospongiaeorder, tetractinellidafamily, macandrewiidaeschrammen, 1924genus, gray, 1859type,. Macandrewia is a genus of sea sponges and is the only genus in the monotypic family Macandrewiidae MacandrewiaMacandrewia robustaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum PoriferaClass DemospongiaeOrder TetractinellidaFamily MacandrewiidaeSchrammen 1924Genus MacandrewiaGray 1859Type speciesMacandrewia azoricaGray 1859SpeciesSee text Description editSpecies 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 1 Species editThe following species are recognised 2 Macandrewia auris Lendenfeld 1907 Macandrewia azorica Gray 1859 Macandrewia clavatella Schmidt 1870 Macandrewia minima Carvalho amp Xavier 2020 Macandrewia ramosa Topsent 1904 Macandrewia rigida Levi amp Levi 1989 Macandrewia robusta Topsent 1904 Macandrewia schusterae Carvalho amp Xavier 2020 Macandrewia spinifoliata Levi amp Levi 1983References edit Gray J E 1859 Description of MacAndrewia and Myliusia two new forms of Sponges Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27 437 440 Macandrewia Gray 1859 WoRMS Retrieved 2021 08 18 nbsp This article about a demosponge is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Macandrewia amp oldid 1177417676, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
