Metania (sponge)

Metania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Spongillida
Family:	Metaniidae
Genus:	Metania Gray, 1867

Metania is a genus of sponges in the family Metaniidae.

The species of this genus are found in Malesia and Australia.

Taxonomy

Metania contains the following species:

• Metania fittkaui Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1979
• Metania godeauxi (Brien, 1968)
• Metania kiliani Volkmer-Ribeiro & Costa, 1992
• Metania madagascariensis Manconi & Pronzato, 2015
• Metania melloleitaoi Machado, 1948
• Metania ovogemata Stanisic, 1979
• Metania pottsi (Weltner, 1895)
• Metania reticulata (Bowerbank, 1863)
• Metania rhodesiana Burton, 1938
• Metania spinata (Carter, 1881)
• Metania subtilis Volkmer, 1979
• Metania vesparioides (Annandale, 1908)
• Metania vesparium (Martens, 1868)

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