WoRMS taxon details
Geodia macandrewii Bowerbank, 1858
134033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134033)
accepted
Species
Cydonium normani Sollas, 1888 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Geodia normani (Sollas, 1888) · unaccepted
Synops macandrewii (Bowerbank, 1858) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bowerbank, J.S. (1858). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI. [details] 
Type locality contained in Southern Norway
, Note Vikna Island (formerly called Vigten or Vikten...
type locality contained in Southern Norway [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Vikna Island (formerly called Vigten or Vikten Island), North Trøndelag, Norway, 183 m [details]
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. Geodia macandrewii Bowerbank, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134033 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Bowerbank, J.S. (1858). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI. [details] 
original description (of Cydonium normani Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html [details]
original description (of Cydonium normani Sollas, 1888) Sollas, W.J. (1888). Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 25 (part 63): 1-458, pl. 1-44, 1 map., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-63/htm/doc.html [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T.: Klitgaard, A.B.; Best, M.; Thollesson, M.; Tendal, O.S. (2013). Taxonomy, biogeography and DNA barcodes of <i>Geodia</i> species (Porifera, Demospongiae, Tetractinellida) in the Atlantic boreo-arctic region. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 169, 251-311., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12056 [details] Available for editors
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Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Demosponges from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge shed more light on the diversity and biogeography of North Atlantic deep-sea sponges. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95(7), 1475-1516., available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9887026&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0025315415000983
page(s): 1484 [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Moore, J.A. (2019). First records of <i>Geodia</i> demosponges from the New England seamounts, an opportunity to test the use of DNA mini-barcodes on museum specimens. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49 (1): 163-174., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-017-0775-3 [details]
additional source Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cárdenas, P.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Demosponges from the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge shed more light on the diversity and biogeography of North Atlantic deep-sea sponges. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95(7), 1475-1516., available online at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9887026&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0025315415000983
page(s): 1484 [details]
additional source Cárdenas, P.; Moore, J.A. (2019). First records of <i>Geodia</i> demosponges from the New England seamounts, an opportunity to test the use of DNA mini-barcodes on museum specimens. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49 (1): 163-174., available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-017-0775-3 [details]
additional source Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. <em>Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9.</em> 1-102.
page(s): 82 [details] Available for editors






Syntype BMNH 1877.5.21.1396 & 1877.5.21.1398, geounit Southern Norway [details]
From editor or global species database
Holotype BMNH seem to be lost. Only two slides BMNH 1877.5.21.1396 and BMNH 1877.5.21.1398 [details]Type locality Vikna Island (formerly called Vigten or Vikten Island), North Trøndelag, Norway, 183 m [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cydonium normani Sollas, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geodia macandrewii)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Geodia normani (Sollas, 1888))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cydonium normani Sollas, 1888)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Geodia macandrewi)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cydonium normani Sollas, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geodia macandrewii)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Geodia normani (Sollas, 1888))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Cydonium normani Sollas, 1888)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Geodia macandrewi)