Metaniidae is a family of freshwater sponges, with five genera and 27 species:
- Acalle <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Acalle recurvata <small>(Bowerbank, 1863)</small>
- Corvomeyenia <small>Weltner, 1913</small>
- Corvomeyenia carolinensis <small>Harrison, 1971</small>
- Corvomeyenia epilithosa <small>Volkmer-Ribeiro, Rosa-Barbosa & Machado, 2005</small>
- Corvomeyenia everetti <small>(Mills, 1884)</small>
- Corvomeyenia thumi <small>(Traxler, 1895)</small>
- Drulia <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Drulia batesii <small>(Bowerbank, 1863)</small>
- Drulia brownii <small>(Bowerbank, 1863)</small>
- Drulia conifera <small>Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973</small>
- Drulia cristata <small>(Weltner, 1895)</small>
- Drulia cristinae <small>Volkmer-Ribeiro, Drago, Machado & Sabaj, 2017</small>
- Drulia ctenosclera <small>Volkmer & Mothes, 1981</small>
- Drulia geayi <small>(Gravier, 1899)</small>
- Drulia uruguayensis <small>Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1969</small>
- Houssayella <small>Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1966</small>
- Houssayella iguazuensis <small>Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1966</small>
- Metania <small>Gray, 1867</small>
- Metania fittkaui <small>Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1979</small>
- Metania godeauxi <small>(Brien, 1968)</small>
- Metania kiliani <small>Volkmer-Ribeiro & Costa, 1992</small>
- Metania madagascariensis <small>Manconi & Pronzato, 2015</small>
- Metania melloleitaoi <small>Machado, 1948</small>
- Metania ovogemata <small>Stanisic, 1979</small>
- Metania pottsi <small>(Weltner, 1895)</small>
- Metania reticulata <small>(Bowerbank, 1863)</small>
- Metania rhodesiana <small>Burton, 1938</small>
- Metania spinata <small>(Carter, 1881)</small>
- Metania subtilis <small>Volkmer, 1979</small>
- Metania vesparioides <small>(Annandale, 1908)</small>
- Metania vesparium <small>(Martens, 1868)</small>
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