- Grantia compressa
Taxobox
name = "Grantia compressa"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Porifera
classis =Calcarea
subclassis =Calcaronea
ordo =Leucosolenida
familia =Grantiidae
genus = "Grantia "
species = "G. compressa"
binomial = "Grantia compressa"
binomial_authority = O. Fabricius, 1780"Grantia compressa" is a species of
calcareous sponge belonging to the familyGrantiidae . It is a very common species of rocky shores along theAtlantic coasts ofEurope fromFrance northwards.It appears as flattened, purse-shaped vases up to 5 cm long with slit-like oscula at the ends, hanging downwards attached by a stalk to rocky overhangs, often in groups among
seaweed . This is a pale sponge ranging in colour from grey to yellow.References
* [http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/neat_pdf/NEAT*Porifera.pdf North East Atlantic Taxa]
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