WoRMS taxon details
Grantia Fleming, 1828
131703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131703)
accepted
Genus
Spongia compressa Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780) (type by subsequent designation)
Artynas Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Calcispongia Blainville, 1830 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hozawaia Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Hypograntia Carter, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sphenophorina Breitfuss, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Sycophyllum Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Vosmaeria sensu Lendenfeld, 1885 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
- Species Grantia aculeata Urban, 1908
- Species Grantia arctica (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Grantia asconoides (Breitfuss, 1896)
- Species Grantia atlantica Ridley, 1881
- Species Grantia beringiana Hôzawa, 1918
- Species Grantia breitfussi Van Soest, 2024
- Species Grantia canadensis Lambe, 1896
- Species Grantia capillosa (Schmidt, 1862)
- Species Grantia clavigera (Schmidt, 1869)
- Species Grantia comoxensis Lambe, 1893
- Species Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780)
- Species Grantia cupula (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Grantia extusarticulata (Carter, 1886)
- Species Grantia fistulata Carter, 1886
- Species Grantia foliacea sensu Breitfuss, 1898
- Species Grantia genuina Row & Hôzawa, 1931
- Species Grantia glabra Hôzawa, 1933
- Species Grantia harai Hôzawa, 1929
- Species Grantia hirsuta (Topsent, 1907)
- Species Grantia indica Dendy, 1913
- Species Grantia infrequens (Carter, 1886)
- Species Grantia intermedia Thacker, 1908
- Species Grantia invenusta Lambe, 1900
- Species Grantia kempfi Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976
- Species Grantia kujiensis Hôzawa, 1933
- Species Grantia laevigata (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Grantia mexico Hôzawa, 1940
- Species Grantia mirabilis (Fristedt, 1887)
- Species Grantia monstruosa Breitfuss, 1898
- Species Grantia nipponica Hôzawa, 1918
- Species Grantia phillipsi Lambe, 1900
- Species Grantia primitiva Brøndsted, 1926
- Species Grantia ramulosa Dendy, 1924
- Species Grantia singularis (Breitfuss, 1898)
- Species Grantia socialis Borojevic, 1967
- Species Grantia strobilus (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Grantia stylata Hôzawa, 1929
- Species Grantia tenuis Urban, 1908
- Species Grantia transgrediens Brøndsted, 1931
- Species Grantia tuberosa Poléjaeff, 1883
- Species Grantia uchidai Hôzawa & Tanita, 1941
- Species Grantia vosmaeri Dendy, 1893
- Species Grantia arabica Miklucho-Maclay in Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Species Grantia ciliata (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia cinnamomea Nardo, 1833 accepted as Axinella cinnamomea (Nardo, 1833) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia cirrata (Jenkin, 1908) accepted as Grantia hirsuta (Topsent, 1907) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia clathrus Schmidt, 1864 accepted as Clathrina clathrus (Schmidt, 1864) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia cliftoni Bowerbank in Dendy & Row, 1913 accepted as Dendya clathrata (Carter, 1883) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia coriacea (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia ensata Bowerbank, 1858 accepted as Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia fistulosa Johnston, 1842 accepted as Leucandra fistulosa (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia foveolaria Nardo, 1833 accepted as Axinella cannabina (Esper, 1794) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Grantia gracilis (Lendenfeld, 1885) accepted as Grantessa gracilis (Lendenfeld, 1885) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia himantia (Haeckel, 1869) accepted as Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia labyrinthica (Carter, 1878) accepted as Teichonopsis labyrinthica (Carter, 1878) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia lacunosa Johnston, 1842 accepted as Clathrina lacunosa (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia lieberkuehni Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia lieberkuehni Graeffe, 1882 accepted as Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872 (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia multicavata Bean in Johnston, 1842 accepted as Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia nivea (Grant, 1826) accepted as Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826)
- Species Grantia pennigera (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780) (junior synonym)
- Species Grantia polymorpha Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780) (junior synonym)
- Species Grantia pulchra Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Clathrina blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia pulverulenta (Grant, 1826) accepted as Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia ramosa Smith in Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Grantessa ramosa (Smith in Haeckel, 1872) (nomen nudum)
- Species Grantia scottia (Jenkin, 1908) accepted as Dermatreton scotti (Jenkin, 1908) accepted as Scytotreton scotti (Jenkin, 1908)
- Species Grantia solida Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Leucetta solida (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia striatula Bowerbank, 1864 accepted as Clathrina lacunosa (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia subhispida Carter, 1886 accepted as Sycon subhispidum (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia tessellata Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Grantia truncata Topsent, 1907 accepted as Achramorpha truncata (Topsent, 1907) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia utriculus (Schmidt, 1869) accepted as Sycandra utriculus (Schmidt, 1869) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia virgultosa Bowerbank in Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Sycon gelatinosum (Blainville, 1834) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Grantia vitiosa Brøndsted, 1931 accepted as Breitfussia vitiosa (Brøndsted, 1931) accepted as Dermatreton vitiosum (Brøndsted, 1931) (genus transfer)
- Species Grantia waguensis (Hôzawa, 1940) accepted as Paragrantia waguensis Hôzawa, 1940 (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 524 [details]
page(s): 524 [details]
Note Bowerbank (1864: 162) designated Grantia...
Type species Bowerbank (1864: 162) designated Grantia compressa as the type (species) of Grantia. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Grantia Fleming, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131703 on 2025-04-05
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original description
Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 524 [details]
original description (of Sphenophorina Breitfuss, 1898) Breitfuss, L.L. (1898). Kalkschwammfauna des weissen Meeres und der Eismeersküsten des europäischen Russlands. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> (VIII) 6 (2): 1-40.
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Artynas Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Hypograntia Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Sycophyllum Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Vosmaeria sensu Lendenfeld, 1885) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1885). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges (Continued). Part III. Preliminary description and classification of the Australian Calcispongiae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 1083-1150, pls 59-67. [details]
original description (of Hozawaia Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Calcispongia Blainville, 1830) de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 494 [details]
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1157-11884. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1157-1184. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 524 [details]
original description (of Sphenophorina Breitfuss, 1898) Breitfuss, L.L. (1898). Kalkschwammfauna des weissen Meeres und der Eismeersküsten des europäischen Russlands. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> (VIII) 6 (2): 1-40.
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Artynas Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Hypograntia Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Sycophyllum Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Vosmaeria sensu Lendenfeld, 1885) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1885). A Monograph of the Australian Sponges (Continued). Part III. Preliminary description and classification of the Australian Calcispongiae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 1083-1150, pls 59-67. [details]
original description (of Hozawaia Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Calcispongia Blainville, 1830) de Blainville, H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. <em>Paris, 1830.</em> 60 : 1-546., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344
page(s): 494 [details]
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1157-11884. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1157-1184. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] 




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Type species Bowerbank (1864: 162) designated Grantia compressa as the type (species) of Grantia. [details]