Geodia

Geodia Temporal range: Early Campanian to Present[1]
Geodia barretti
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Astrophorida
Family:	Geodiidae
Genus:	Geodia Lamarck, 1815
species
see text

Geodia is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. It is the type genus of its taxonomic family.^[2]

This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.^[3]

Species

• Geodia acanthylastra Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia agassizi Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia alba (Kieschnick, 1896)
• Geodia amadaiba Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
• Geodia amphistrongyla Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia arabica (Carter, 1869)
• Geodia areolata Carter, 1880
• Geodia arripiens Lindgren, 1897
• Geodia ataxastra Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia auroristella Dendy, 1916
• Geodia australis Da Silva & Mothes, 2000
• Geodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858
• Geodia basilea Lévi, 1964
• Geodia berryi (Sollas, 1888)
• Geodia breviana Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia carteri Sollas, 1888
• Geodia cidaris (Lamarck, 1815)
• Geodia composita Bösraug, 1913
• Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862
• Geodia cooksoni (Sollas, 1888)
• Geodia crustosa Bösraug, 1913
• Geodia cumulus Schmidt, 1870
• Geodia cydonium (Jameson, 1811)
• Geodia cylindrica Thiele, 1898
• Geodia dendyi Burton, 1926
• Geodia depressa Bowerbank, 1873
• Geodia distincta Lindgren, 1897
• Geodia divaricans Topsent, 1928
• Geodia dura (Tendal, 1969)
• Geodia dysoni Bowerbank, 1873
• Geodia echinastrella Topsent, 1904
• Geodia eosaster (Sollas, 1888)
• Geodia erinacea (Lendenfeld, 1888)
• Geodia exigua Thiele, 1898
• Geodia gallica (Lendenfeld, 1907)
• Geodia geodina (Schmidt, 1868)
• Geodia gibberella de Laubenfels, 1951
• Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815
• Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862
• Geodia glariosa (Sollas, 1886)
• Geodia globosa (Baer, 1906)
• Geodia globostellifera Carter, 1880
• Geodia globus Schmidt, 1870
• Geodia hentscheli Cárdenas, Rapp, Schander & Tendal, 2010
• Geodia hilgendorfi Thiele, 1898
• Geodia hirsuta (Sollas, 1886)
• Geodia hyotania (Tanita, 1965)
• Geodia inaequalis Bowerbank, 1873
• Geodia inconspicua (Bowerbank, 1873)
• Geodia isabella (Dickinson, 1945)
• Geodia japonica Sollas, 1888
• Geodia kuekenthali Thiele, 1900
• Geodia labyrinthica (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
• Geodia lacunata (Lamarck, 1815)
• Geodia libera Stephens, 1915
• Geodia lindgreni (Lendenfeld)
• Geodia littoralis Stephens, 1915
• Geodia lophotriaena Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia macandrewi Bowerbank, 1858
• Geodia magellani (Sollas, 1886)
• Geodia media Bowerbank, 1873
• Geodia megaster Burton, 1926
• Geodia megastrella Carter, 1876
• Geodia mesotriaena (Hentschel, 1929)
• Geodia mesotriaena Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia mesotriaenella Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia micropora Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia micropunctata Row, 1911
• Geodia nigra Lendenfeld, 1888
• Geodia nodastrella Carter, 1876
• Geodia normani (Sollas, 1888)
• Geodia orthomesotriaena Lebwohl, 1914
• Geodia ovifractus Burton, 1926
• Geodia ovis Lendenfeld, 1910
• Geodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965
• Geodia parasitica Bowerbank, 1873
• Geodia paupera Bowerbank, 1873
• Geodia pergamentacea Schmidt, 1870
• Geodia peruncinata Dendy, 1905
• Geodia philippinensis Wilson, 1925
• Geodia piriformis Bösraug, 1913
• Geodia placenta Schmidt, 1862
• Geodia pleiades (Sollas, 1888)
• Geodia poculata Bösraug, 1913
• Geodia punctata Hentschel, 1909
• Geodia ramodigitata Carter, 1880
• Geodia ramosa (Topsent, 1928)
• Geodia regina Dendy, 1924
• Geodia reniformis Thiele, 1898
• Geodia riograndensis Silva & Mothes, 2000
• Geodia robusta (Lendenfeld, 1910)
• Geodia robusta Lendenfeld, 1907
• Geodia roviniensis Müller, Zahn, Zahn, Rijavec, Batel, Kurelec & Müller, 1983
• Geodia senegalensis Topsent, 1891
• Geodia simplex Schmidt, 1870
• Geodia simplicissima Burton, 1931
• Geodia sparsa Wilson, 1925
• Geodia sphaeroides (Kieschnick, 1896)
• Geodia spheranthastra Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
• Geodia spherastrea Lévi, 1964
• Geodia spherastrella Topsent, 1904
• Geodia spherastrosa (Wilson, 1925)
• Geodia splendida Silva & Mothes, 2000
• Geodia stellata Lendenfeld, 1907
• Geodia stellosa (Czerniavsky, 1880)
• Geodia stromatodes (Uliczka, 1929)
• Geodia strongyla (Hoshino, 1981)
• Geodia thomsoni Schmidt, 1870
• Geodia tuber Lendenfeld, 1894
• Geodia tuberculosa Bowerbank, 1872
• Geodia tuberosa Schmidt, 1862
• Geodia tylastra Boury-Esnault, 1973
• Geodia variospiculosa Thiele, 1898
• Geodia vaubani Lévi & Lévi, 1983
• Geodia vestigifera (Dendy, 1924)

External links

• "Geodia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
• World Register of Marine Species link: Geodia (+species list)

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (entry on Porifera)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
2. "Geodia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
3. Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 239 (4838): 393–395. doi:10.1126/science.239.4838.393. JSTOR 1700236. PMID 17836872.