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| Grantia compressa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Leucosolenida |
| Family: | Grantiidae |
| Genus: | Grantia Fleming, 1828[1] |
| Type species | |
| Spongia compressa Fabricius, 1780
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Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers.[3]
The genus contains bioluminescent species.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Fleming, 1828was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
WoRMSwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Grantia Fleming, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.