Metaniidae is a family of freshwater sponges, with five genera and 27 species: Acalle Gray, 1867 Acalle recurvata (Bowerbank, 1863) Corvomeyenia Weltner, 1913 Corvomeyenia carolinensis Harrison, 1971 Corvomeyenia epilithosa Volkmer-Ribeiro, Rosa-Barbosa & Machado, 2005 Corvomeyenia everetti (Mills, 1884) Corvomeyenia thumi (Traxler, 1895) Drulia Gray, 1867 Drulia batesii (Bowerbank, 1863) Drulia brownii (Bowerbank, 1863) Drulia conifera Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973 Drulia cristata (Weltner, 1895) Drulia cristinae Volkmer-Ribeiro, Drago, Machado & Sabaj, 2017 Drulia ctenoscler
FAMILY
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Metaniidae is a family of freshwater sponges, with five genera and 27 species: Acalle Gray, 1867 Acalle recurvata (Bowerbank, 1863) Corvomeyenia Weltner, 1913 Corvomeyenia carolinensis Harrison, 1971 Corvomeyenia epilithosa Volkmer-Ribeiro, Rosa-Barbosa & Machado, 2005 Corvomeyenia everetti (Mills, 1884) Corvomeyenia thumi (Traxler, 1895) Drulia Gray, 1867 Drulia batesii (Bowerbank, 1863) Drulia brownii (Bowerbank, 1863) Drulia conifera Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1973 Drulia cristata (Weltner, 1895) Drulia cristinae Volkmer-Ribeiro, Drago, Machado & Sabaj, 2017 Drulia ctenosclera Volkmer & Mothes, 1981 Drulia geayi (Gravier, 1899) Drulia uruguayensis Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1969 Houssayella Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1966 Houssayella iguazuensis Bonetto & Ezcurra de Drago, 1966 Metania Gray, 1867 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)
==References==
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