{{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, 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 sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus ''Grantia'' contain spicules and 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'' <small>Urban, 1908</small> * ''Grantia arctica'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small> * ''Grantia asconoides'' (Breitfuss, 1896) * ''Grantia atlantica'' <small>Ridley, 1881</small> * ''Grantia beringiana'' <small>Hôzawa, 1918</small> * ''Grantia breitfussi'' Van Soest, 2024 * ''Grantia canadensis'' <small>Lambe, 1896</small> * ''Grantia capillosa'' <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small> * ''Grantia clavigera'' (Schmidt, 1869) * ''Grantia comoxensis'' <small>Lambe, 1893</small> * ''Grantia compressa'' <small>(Fabricius, 1780)</small> * ''Grantia cupula'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small> * ''Grantia extusarticulata'' <small>(Carter, 1886)</small> * ''Grantia fistulata'' <small>Carter, 1886</small> * ''Grantia foliacea'' <small>Breitfuss, 1898</small> * ''Grantia genuina'' <small>Row & Hôzawa, 1931</small> * ''Grantia glabra'' <small>Hôzawa, 1933</small> * ''Grantia harai'' <small>Hôzawa, 1929</small> * ''Grantia hirsuta'' <small>(Topsent, 1907)</small> * ''Grantia indica'' <small>Dendy, 1913</small> * ''Grantia infrequens'' <small>(Carter, 1886)</small> * ''Grantia intermedia'' <small>Thacker, 1908</small> * ''Grantia invenusta'' <small>Lambe, 1900</small> * ''Grantia kempfi'' <small>Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976</small> * ''Grantia kujiensis'' <small>Hôzawa, 1933</small> * ''Grantia laevigata'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small> * ''Grantia mexico'' <small>Hôzawa, 1940</small> * ''Grantia mirabilis'' <small>(Fristedt, 1887)</small> * ''Grantia monstruosa'' <small>Breitfuss, 1898</small> * ''Grantia nipponica'' <small>Hôzawa, 1918</small> * ''Grantia phillipsi'' <small>Lambe, 1900</small> * ''Grantia primitiva'' <small>Brøndsted, 1927</small> * ''Grantia ramulosa'' <small>Dendy, 1924</small> * ''Grantia singularis'' <small>(Breitfuss, 1898)</small> * ''Grantia socialis'' <small>Borojevic, 1967</small> * ''Grantia strobilus'' <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small> * ''Grantia stylata'' <small>Hôzawa, 1929</small> * ''Grantia tenuis'' <small>Urban, 1908</small> * ''Grantia transgrediens'' <small>Brøndsted, 1931</small> * ''Grantia tuberosa'' <small>Poléjaeff, 1883</small> * ''Grantia uchidai'' <small>Hôzawa & Tanita, 1941</small> * ''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>
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*[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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