''Heteropia'' is a genus of sponges in the family

Heteropiidae Heteropiidae is a family of sea sponges in the order Leucosolenida in the class Calcarea. In a 2012 paper, Oliver Voigt, Eilika Wülfing and Gert Wörheide (2012) confirmed that the family Heteropiidae is not monophyletic In cladistics f ...

, and was first described in 1886 by Henry John Carter. The type species by monotypy is '' Heteropia ramosa'' (Carter, 1886), which he first called ''Aphroceras ramosa'' in the very same publication.

Distribution

GBIF with just 37 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it having perhaps a world-wide distribution. The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of

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, in the IMCRA regions of Central Western Shelf Transition, Central Western Shelf Province, Northwest Province, and the Central Western Transition.

Accepted species

(according to

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) * '' Heteropia glomerosa'' (Bowerbank, 1873) * '' Heteropia medioarticulata'' Hôzawa, 1918 * '' Heteropia minor'' Burton, 1930 * '' Heteropia ramosa'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Heteropia rodgeri'' Lambe, 1900 * '' Heteropia striata'' Hôzawa, 1916

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{{Calcarea-stub Taxa named by Henry John Carter Animals described in 1886