Grantessa spissa (Carter, 1886)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Grantessa spissa (Carter, 1886)
- Name authority
- (Carter, 1886)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Calcarea
- Order
- Leucosolenida
- Family
- Heteropiidae
- Genus
- Grantessa
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classCalcarea Bowerbank, 1862
- subclassCalcaronea Bidder, 1898
- orderLeucosolenida Hartman, 1958
- familyHeteropiidae Dendy, 1892
- genusGrantessa Lendenfeld, 1885
- speciesGrantessa spissa (Carter, 1886)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Grantessa. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Grantessa anisactina Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976 | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa basipapillata Hôzawa, 1916 | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa boomerang (Dendy, 1893) | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa erecta (Carter, 1886) | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa erinaceus (Carter, 1886) | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa intusarticulata (Carter, 1886) | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa parva Tanita, 1942 | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa polyperistomia (Carter, 1886) | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa rarispinosa Borojevic, 1967 | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa sacca Lendenfeld, 1885 | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa shimeji Hôzawa, 1916 | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grantessa shimoda Tanita, 1942 | HeteropiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Heteropia spissa Carter, 1886 Carter, 1886 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164451 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3H86Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.