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)

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