Metania (sponge)

Metania is a genus of sponges in the family Metaniidae.

The species of this genus are found in Malesia and Australia.

Taxonomy
Metania contains the following species:


 * 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)