# Grantia

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{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Haeckel Calcispongiae Grantia compressa.jpg
| image_upright = 0.8
| image_caption = ''Grantia compressa''
| taxon = Grantia
| authority = [Fleming](/source/John_Fleming_(naturalist)), 1828<ref name="Fleming, 1828" />
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms_ref = <ref name=WoRMS/>
| synonyms = {{species list
|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}}
| type_species = ''Spongia compressa''
| type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1780
}}

'''''Grantia''''' is a genus of [calcareous sponge](/source/calcareous_sponge)s belonging to the family [Grantiidae](/source/Grantiidae). Species of the genus ''Grantia'' contain [spicule](/source/spicule_(sponge))s and [spongin](/source/spongin) fibers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131703|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Grantia Fleming, 1828|website=www.marinespecies.org|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>

The genus contains bioluminescent species.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herring |first1=Peter J. |title=Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms |journal=Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence |date=1987 |issue=3|volume=1 |pages=147–163|doi=10.1002/bio.1170010303 |pmid=3503524 }}</ref>

==Species list==
* ''[Grantia aculeata](/source/Grantia_aculeata)'' <small>Urban, 1908</small>
* ''[Grantia arctica](/source/Grantia_arctica)'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
* ''[Grantia asconoides](/source/Grantia_asconoides)'' (Breitfuss, 1896)
* ''[Grantia atlantica](/source/Grantia_atlantica)'' <small>Ridley, 1881</small>
* ''[Grantia beringiana](/source/Grantia_beringiana)'' <small>Hôzawa, 1918</small>
* ''[Grantia breitfussi](/source/Grantia_breitfussi)'' Van Soest, 2024
* ''[Grantia canadensis](/source/Grantia_canadensis)'' <small>Lambe, 1896</small>
* ''[Grantia capillosa](/source/Grantia_capillosa)'' <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small>
* ''[Grantia clavigera](/source/Grantia_clavigera)'' (Schmidt, 1869)
* ''[Grantia comoxensis](/source/Grantia_comoxensis)'' <small>Lambe, 1893</small>
* ''[Grantia compressa](/source/Grantia_compressa)'' <small>(Fabricius, 1780)</small>
* ''[Grantia cupula](/source/Grantia_cupula)'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
* ''[Grantia extusarticulata](/source/Grantia_extusarticulata)'' <small>(Carter, 1886)</small>
* ''[Grantia fistulata](/source/Grantia_fistulata)'' <small>Carter, 1886</small>
* ''[Grantia foliacea](/source/Grantia_foliacea)'' <small>Breitfuss, 1898</small>
* ''[Grantia genuina](/source/Grantia_genuina)'' <small>Row & Hôzawa, 1931</small>
* ''[Grantia glabra](/source/Grantia_glabra)'' <small>Hôzawa, 1933</small>
* ''[Grantia harai](/source/Grantia_harai)'' <small>Hôzawa, 1929</small>
* ''[Grantia hirsuta](/source/Grantia_hirsuta)'' <small>(Topsent, 1907)</small>
* ''[Grantia indica](/source/Grantia_indica)'' <small>Dendy, 1913</small>
* ''[Grantia infrequens](/source/Grantia_infrequens)'' <small>(Carter, 1886)</small>
* ''[Grantia intermedia](/source/Grantia_intermedia)'' <small>Thacker, 1908</small>
* ''[Grantia invenusta](/source/Grantia_invenusta)'' <small>Lambe, 1900</small>
* ''[Grantia kempfi](/source/Grantia_kempfi)'' <small>Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976</small>
* ''[Grantia kujiensis](/source/Grantia_kujiensis)'' <small>Hôzawa, 1933</small>
* ''[Grantia laevigata](/source/Grantia_laevigata)'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
* ''[Grantia mexico](/source/Grantia_mexico)'' <small>Hôzawa, 1940</small>
* ''[Grantia mirabilis](/source/Grantia_mirabilis)'' <small>(Fristedt, 1887)</small>
* ''[Grantia monstruosa](/source/Grantia_monstruosa)'' <small>Breitfuss, 1898</small>
* ''[Grantia nipponica](/source/Grantia_nipponica)'' <small>Hôzawa, 1918</small>
* ''[Grantia phillipsi](/source/Grantia_phillipsi)'' <small>Lambe, 1900</small>
* ''[Grantia primitiva](/source/Grantia_primitiva)'' <small>Brøndsted, 1927</small>
* ''[Grantia ramulosa](/source/Grantia_ramulosa)'' <small>Dendy, 1924</small>
* ''[Grantia singularis](/source/Grantia_singularis)'' <small>(Breitfuss, 1898)</small>
* ''[Grantia socialis](/source/Grantia_socialis)'' <small>Borojevic, 1967</small>
* ''[Grantia strobilus](/source/Grantia_strobilus)'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
* ''[Grantia stylata](/source/Grantia_stylata)'' <small>Hôzawa, 1929</small>
* ''[Grantia tenuis](/source/Grantia_tenuis)'' <small>Urban, 1908</small>
* ''[Grantia transgrediens](/source/Grantia_transgrediens)'' <small>Brøndsted, 1931</small>
* ''[Grantia tuberosa](/source/Grantia_tuberosa)'' <small>Poléjaeff, 1883</small>
* ''[Grantia uchidai](/source/Grantia_uchidai)'' <small>Hôzawa & Tanita, 1941</small>
* ''[Grantia vosmaeri](/source/Grantia_vosmaeri)'' <small>Dendy, 1893</small>

==References==
<references>

<ref name="Fleming, 1828">
{{cite book|last=Fleming|first=J.|date=1828|title=A History of British Animals|publisher=Bell & Bradfute|location=Edinburgh|pages=524–526|chapter-url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2090542|chapter=''Grantia''}}</ref>

<ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=van Soest, Rob |year=2009 |title=''Grantia'' Fleming, 1828 |id=131703  |accessdate=August 29, 2017|db=Porifera}}</ref>

</references>

*[http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=11268 Taxonomicon]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070709074546/http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Porifera.pdf North East Atlantic Taxa]

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Category:Leucosolenida
Category:Sponge genera
Category:Bioluminescent animals
Category:Taxa described in 1828

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