Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers.[3]

Grantia
Grantia compressa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Grantiidae
Genus: Grantia
Fleming, 1828[1]
Type species
Spongia compressa
Fabricius, 1780
Species

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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

The genus contains bioluminescent species.[4]

Species list

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References

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  1. ^ Fleming, J. (1828). "Grantia". A History of British Animals. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute. pp. 524–526.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Grantia Fleming, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  4. ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.