Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers.
The genus contains bioluminescent species.
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>
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