# Metania (sponge)

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{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}
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|taxon = Metania
|authority = Gray, 1867
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'''''Metania''''' is a genus of [sponges](/source/sponges) in the family [Metaniidae](/source/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](/source/Malesia) and Australia.<ref name="GBIF" />

==Taxonomy==
''Metania'' contains the following species:<ref name="WORMS" /><ref name="GBIF" />

*''[Metania fittkaui](/source/Metania_fittkaui)'' {{small|Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1979}}
*''[Metania godeauxi](/source/Metania_godeauxi)'' {{small|(Brien, 1968)}}
*''[Metania kiliani](/source/Metania_kiliani)'' {{small|Volkmer-Ribeiro & Costa, 1992}}
*''[Metania madagascariensis](/source/Metania_madagascariensis)'' {{small|Manconi & Pronzato, 2015}}
*''[Metania melloleitaoi](/source/Metania_melloleitaoi)'' {{small|Machado, 1948}}
*''[Metania ovogemata](/source/Metania_ovogemata)'' {{small|Stanisic, 1979}}
*''[Metania pottsi](/source/Metania_pottsi)'' {{small|(Weltner, 1895)}}
*''[Metania reticulata](/source/Metania_reticulata)'' {{small|(Bowerbank, 1863)}}
*''[Metania rhodesiana](/source/Metania_rhodesiana)'' {{small|Burton, 1938}}
*''[Metania spinata](/source/Metania_spinata)'' {{small|(Carter, 1881)}}
*''[Metania subtilis](/source/Metania_subtilis)'' {{small|Volkmer, 1979}}
*''[Metania vesparioides](/source/Metania_vesparioides)'' {{small|(Annandale, 1908)}}
*''[Metania vesparium](/source/Metania_vesparium)'' {{small|(Martens, 1868)}}

==References==
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Category:Heteroscleromorpha
Category:Taxa described in 1867
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Category:Sponge genera

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