Grantia

Grantia
Grantia compressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Grantiidae
Genus: Grantia
Fleming, 1828
Type species
Spongia compressa
Fabricius, 1780
Species

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Synonyms
  • 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. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers.

The genus contains bioluminescent species.

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