{{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Metania |authority = Gray, 1867 }}
'''''Metania''''' is a genus of sponges in the family Metaniidae.<ref name="WORMS">{{cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167051|title= Metania |author= |date= |publisher= World Register of Marine Species |accessdate=28 Jan 2024}}</ref> <ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Metania Gray, 1867 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2244647 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=28 Jan 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
The species of this genus are found in Malesia and Australia.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Taxonomy== ''Metania'' contains the following species:<ref name="WORMS" /><ref name="GBIF" />
*''Metania fittkaui'' {{small|Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1979}} *''Metania godeauxi'' {{small|(Brien, 1968)}} *''Metania kiliani'' {{small|Volkmer-Ribeiro & Costa, 1992}} *''Metania madagascariensis'' {{small|Manconi & Pronzato, 2015}} *''Metania melloleitaoi'' {{small|Machado, 1948}} *''Metania ovogemata'' {{small|Stanisic, 1979}} *''Metania pottsi'' {{small|(Weltner, 1895)}} *''Metania reticulata'' {{small|(Bowerbank, 1863)}} *''Metania rhodesiana'' {{small|Burton, 1938}} *''Metania spinata'' {{small|(Carter, 1881)}} *''Metania subtilis'' {{small|Volkmer, 1979}} *''Metania vesparioides'' {{small|(Annandale, 1908)}} *''Metania vesparium'' {{small|(Martens, 1868)}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Heteroscleromorpha Category:Taxa described in 1867 Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray Category:Sponge genera