Grantia
Genus of sponges
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
See text
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.
Species
Grantia aculeata Urban, 1908
Grantia arctica (Haeckel, 1872)
Grantia asconoides (Breitfuss, 1896)
Grantia atlantica Ridley, 1881
Grantia beringiana Hôzawa, 1918
Grantia breitfussi Van Soest, 2024
Grantia canadensis Lambe, 1896
Grantia capillosa (Schmidt, 1862)
Grantia clavigera (Schmidt, 1869)
Grantia comoxensis Lambe, 1893
Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780)
Grantia cupula (Haeckel, 1872)
Grantia extusarticulata (Carter, 1886)
Grantia fistulata Carter, 1886
Grantia foliacea Breitfuss, 1898
Grantia genuina Row & Hôzawa, 1931
Grantia glabra Hôzawa, 1933
Grantia harai Hôzawa, 1929
Grantia hirsuta (Topsent, 1907)
Grantia indica Dendy, 1913
Grantia infrequens (Carter, 1886)
Grantia intermedia Thacker, 1908
Grantia invenusta Lambe, 1900
Grantia kempfi Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976
Grantia kujiensis Hôzawa, 1933
Grantia laevigata (Haeckel, 1872)
Grantia mexico Hôzawa, 1940
Grantia mirabilis (Fristedt, 1887)
Grantia monstruosa Breitfuss, 1898
Grantia nipponica Hôzawa, 1918
Grantia phillipsi Lambe, 1900
Grantia primitiva Brøndsted, 1927
Grantia ramulosa Dendy, 1924
Grantia singularis (Breitfuss, 1898)
Grantia socialis Borojevic, 1967
Grantia strobilus (Haeckel, 1872)
Grantia stylata Hôzawa, 1929
Grantia tenuis Urban, 1908
Grantia transgrediens Brøndsted, 1931
Grantia tuberosa Poléjaeff, 1883
Grantia uchidai Hôzawa & Tanita, 1941
Grantia vosmaeri Dendy, 1893
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 .
↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Grantia Fleming, 1828" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2019-03-18 .
↑ 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 .