Grantia

Grantia
Grantia compressa
Scientific 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
See text
Synonyms [2]
ArtynasHaeckel, 1872 Hozawaia de Laubenfels, 1936 HypograntiaCarter, 1886 SphenophorinaBreitfuss, 1898 SycinulaSchmidt, 1868 SycophyllumHaeckel, 1870 VosmaeriaLendenfeld, 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. ^[3]

The genus contains bioluminescent species. ^[4]

Species list

• 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

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.

• Taxonomicon
• North East Atlantic Taxa