Metania (sponge)
Genus of sponges
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Metania is a genus of sponges in the family Metaniidae.[1] [2]
| Metania | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Spongillida |
| Family: | Metaniidae |
| Genus: | Metania Gray, 1867 |
The species of this genus are found in Malesia and Australia.[2]
Taxonomy
Metania contains the following species:[1][2]
- Metania fittkaui Volkmer-Ribeiro, 1979
- Metania godeauxi (Brien, 1968)
- Metania kiliani Volkmer-Ribeiro & Costa, 1992
- Metania madagascariensis Manconi & Pronzato, 2015
- Metania melloleitaoi Machado, 1948
- Metania ovogemata Stanisic, 1979
- Metania pottsi (Weltner, 1895)
- Metania reticulata (Bowerbank, 1863)
- Metania rhodesiana Burton, 1938
- Metania spinata (Carter, 1881)
- Metania subtilis Volkmer, 1979
- Metania vesparioides (Annandale, 1908)
- Metania vesparium (Martens, 1868)