Geodia

{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}

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| image = Geodia barretti.jpg

| image_caption = Geodia barretti

| taxon = Geodia

| authority = Lamarck, 1815

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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  • Cydonium Fleming, 1828
  • Geodia (Cydonium) Fleming, 1828
  • Geodia (Geodia) Lamarck, 1815
  • Geodia (Isops) Sollas, 1880
  • Geodia (Sidonops) Sollas, 1889
  • Geodia (Stellogeodia) Czerniavsky, 1880
  • Geodia (Synops) Vosmaer, 1882
  • Geodinella Lendenfeld, 1903
  • Isops Sollas, 1880
  • Pyxitis Schmidt, 1870
  • Sidonops Sollas, 1889
  • Silicosphaera Hughes, 1985
  • Sydonops [lapsus]
  • Synops Vosmaer, 1882

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Geodia is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. It is the type genus of its taxonomic family.{{ITIS | id = 48612 | taxon = Geodia | access-date = 15 February 2007 }}

This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.{{cite journal|last=Meylan|first=Anne|author-link=Anne Meylan|date=1988-01-12|title=Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass|journal=Science|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|volume=239|issue=4838|pages=393–395|doi=10.1126/science.239.4838.393|jstor=1700236|pmid=17836872|s2cid=22971831}}

Species

{{Linked species list

| Geodia acanthylastra | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia agassizi | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia alba | (Kieschnick, 1896)

| Geodia amadaiba | Tanita & Hoshino, 1989

| Geodia amphistrongyla | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia anceps | (Vosmaer, 1894)

| Geodia angulata | (Lendenfeld, 1910)

| Geodia apiarium | (Schmidt, 1870)

| Geodia arabica | Carter, 1869

| Geodia areolata | Carter, 1880

| Geodia arma | Lehnert & Stone, 2019

| Geodia arripiens | Lindgren, 1897

| † Geodia asteroderma | Hughes, 1985

| Geodia ataxastra | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia atlantica | (Stephens, 1915)

| Geodia auroristella | Dendy, 1916

| Geodia australis | Da Silva & Mothes, 2000

| Geodia barretti | Bowerbank, 1858

| Geodia basilea | Lévi, 1964

| Geodia berryi | (Sollas, 1888)

| Geodia bibilonae | Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024

| Geodia bicolor | (Lendenfeld, 1910)

| Geodia boesraugi | Van Soest & Hooper, 2020

| Geodia breviana | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia californica | (Lendenfeld, 1910)

| Geodia campbellensis | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia canaliculata | Schmidt, 1868

| Geodia carcinophila | (Lendenfeld, 1897)

| Geodia carolae | (Lendenfeld, 1910)

| Geodia carteri | Sollas, 1888

| Geodia chathamensis | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia cidaris | (Lamarck, 1815)

| Geodia composita | Bösraug, 1913

| Geodia conchilega | Schmidt, 1862

| Geodia contorta | (Bowerbank, 1873)

| Geodia cooksoni | (Sollas, 1888)

| Geodia copiosa | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia corticostylifera | Hajdu, Muricy, Custodio, Russo & Peixinho, 1992

| Geodia cribrata | Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014

| Geodia crustosa | Bösraug, 1913

| Geodia cumulus | Schmidt, 1870

| Geodia curacaoensis | Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014

| Geodia cydonium | (Linnaeus, 1767)

| Geodia cylindrica | Thiele, 1898

| Geodia dendyi | Burton, 1926

| Geodia depressa | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia distincta | Lindgren, 1897

| Geodia dura | (Tendal, 1969)

| Geodia dysoni | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia echinastrella | Topsent, 1904

| Geodia eosaster | (Sollas, 1888)

| Geodia erinacea | (Lendenfeld, 1888)

| Geodia ewok | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia exigua | Thiele, 1898

| Geodia flemingii | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia gallica | (Lendenfeld, 1907)

| Geodia garoupa | Carvalho, Lopes, Cosme & Hajdu, 2016

| Geodia geodina | (Schmidt, 1868)

| Geodia gibberella | de Laubenfels, 1951

| Geodia gibberosa | Lamarck, 1815

| Geodia glariosa | (Sollas, 1886)

| Geodia globosa | (Baer, 1906)

| Geodia globostellifera | Carter, 1880

| Geodia globus | Schmidt, 1870

| Geodia harpago | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia hentscheli | Cárdenas, Rapp, Schander & Tendal, 2010

| Geodia hilgendorfi | Thiele, 1898

| Geodia hirsuta | (Sollas, 1886)

| Geodia hyotania | (Tanita, 1965)

| Geodia imperfecta | Bowerbank, 1874

| Geodia inaequalis | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia inconspicua | (Bowerbank, 1873)

| Geodia isabella | (Dickinson, 1945)

| Geodia japonica | Sollas, 1888

| Geodia jousseaumei | (Topsent, 1906)

| Geodia kermadecensis | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia kuekenthali | Thiele, 1900

| Geodia labyrinthica | (Kirkpatrick, 1903)

| Geodia lacunata | (Lamarck, 1815)

| Geodia lebwohli | Van Soest & Hooper, 2020

| Geodia leosimi | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia libera | Stephens, 1915

| Geodia lindgreni | (Lendenfeld, 1903)

| Geodia littoralis | Stephens, 1915

| Geodia lophotriaena | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia macandrewii | Bowerbank, 1858

| Geodia magellani | (Sollas, 1886)

| Geodia margarita | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia matrix |Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024

| Geodia media | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia megaster | Burton, 1926

| Geodia megastrella | Carter, 1876

| Geodia mesotriaena | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia mesotriaenella | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia micraster | (Lendenfeld, 1907)

| Geodia micropora | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia micropunctata | Row, 1911

| Geodia microsphaera |Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024

| Geodia microspinosa | (Wilson, 1925)

| Geodia neptuni | (Sollas, 1886)

| Geodia nigra | Lendenfeld, 1888

| Geodia nilslindgreni | Van Soest & Hooper, 2020

| Geodia nitida | (Sollas, 1886)

| Geodia nodastrella | Carter, 1876

| Geodia nodosa | (Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015)

| Geodia obscura | (Thiele, 1898)

| Geodia orthomesotriaena | Lebwohl, 1914

| Geodia ostracomorpha | (Lévi & Lévi, 1989)

| Geodia ovifractus | Burton, 1926

| Geodia ovis | Lendenfeld, 1910

| Geodia oxyastra | (Lendenfeld, 1910)

| Geodia pachydermata | (Sollas, 1886)

| Geodia papyracea | Hechtel, 1965

| Geodia parasitica | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia parva | Hansen, 1885

| Geodia paupera | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia perarmata | Bowerbank, 1873

| Geodia pergamentacea | Schmidt, 1870

| Geodia peruncinata | Dendy, 1905

| Geodia philippinensis | Wilson, 1925

| Geodia phlegraei | (Sollas, 1880)

| Geodia phlegraeioides |Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024

| Geodia picteti | (Topsent, 1897)

| Geodia placenta | Schmidt, 1862

| Geodia pleiades | (Sollas, 1888)

| Geodia pocillum | Van Soest, 2017

| Geodia poculata | Bösraug, 1913

| Geodia praelonga | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia punctata | Hentschel, 1909

| Geodia ramodigitata | Carter, 1880

| Geodia ramosa | (Topsent, 1928)

| Geodia regina | Dendy, 1924

| Geodia reniformis | Thiele, 1898

| Geodia reticulata | Bowerbank, 1874

| Geodia rex | Dendy, 1924

| Geodia riograndensis | Silva & Mothes, 2000

| Geodia robusta | Lendenfeld, 1907

| Geodia rovinjensis | Müller et al., 1983

| Geodia sadiemillsae | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia sagitta | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia senegalensis | Topsent, 1891

| Geodia sollasi | (Lendenfeld, 1888)

| Geodia sparsa | Wilson, 1925

| Geodia sphaeroides | (Kieschnick, 1896)

| Geodia sphaerulifer | (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965)

| Geodia spheranthastra | Pulitzer-Finali, 1993

| Geodia spherastrea | Lévi, 1964

| Geodia spherastrella | Topsent, 1904

| Geodia spherastrosa | (Wilson, 1925)

| Geodia splendida | Silva & Mothes, 2000

| Geodia starki | Lehnert, Stone & Drumm, 2014

| Geodia stellata | Lendenfeld, 1907

| Geodia stellosa | (Czerniavsky, 1880)

| Geodia stromatodes | (Uliczka, 1929)

| Geodia sulcata | Van Soest, 2017

| Geodia tenera | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia thomsonii | Schmidt, 1870

| Geodia tuberculosa | Bowerbank, 1872

| Geodia tuberosa | Schmidt, 1862

| Geodia tumulosa | Bowerbank, 1872

| Geodia tylastra | Boury-Esnault, 1973

| Geodia ulleungensis | Sim & Kang, 2004

| Geodia vadi | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

| Geodia variospiculosa | Thiele, 1898

| Geodia vaubani | Lévi & Lévi, 1983

| Geodia vestigifera | (Dendy, 1924)

| Geodia vosmaeri | (Sollas, 1886)

| Geodia williami | Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

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