Grantia

Grantia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Subclass:	Calcaronea
Order:	Leucosolenida
Family:	Grantiidae
Genus:	Grantia; Fleming, 1828[1]
Type species
	Spongia compressa; Fabricius, 1780
Species include:
	Grantia arctica; Grantia asconoides; Grantia capillosa; Grantia comoxensis; Grantia compressa; Grantia intermedia; Grantia singularis
Synonyms[2]
	Artynas Haeckel, 1872 ; Hozawaia de Laubenfels, 1936 ; Hypograntia Carter, 1886 ; Sphenophorina Breitfuss, 1898 ; Sycinula Schmidt, 1868 ; Sycophyllum Haeckel, 1870 ; Vosmaeria Lendenfeld, 1885, not Fristedt, 1885;

Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Grantias contain spicules and spongin fibers.

References

↑ Fleming, J. (1828). "Grantia". A History of British Animals. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute. pp. 524–526.
↑ van Soest, Rob (2009). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. "Grantia Fleming, 1828". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 29, 2017.

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