| Grantia compressa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Subclass: | Calcaronea |
| Order: | Leucosolenida |
| Family: | Grantiidae |
| Genus: | Grantia |
| Species: | G. compressa |
| Binomial name | |
| Grantia compressa O. Fabricius, 1780 |
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Grantia compressa is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae. It is a very common species of rocky shores along the Atlantic coasts of Europe from France 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.