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Grantia

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

Grantia arctica
Grantia asconoides
Grantia capillosa
Grantia comoxensis
Grantia compressa
Grantia intermedia
Grantia singularis

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 arctica
Grantia asconoides
Grantia capillosa
Grantia comoxensis
Grantia compressa
Grantia intermedia
Grantia singularis

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



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