{{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Early Campanian - Present<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (entry on Porifera) |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=17&rank=phylum |access-date=2008-01-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905162606/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=17&rank=phylum |archive-date=2006-09-05 }}</ref> | image = Geodia barretti.jpg | image_caption = ''Geodia barretti'' | taxon = Geodia | authority = Lamarck, 1815 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} * ''Cydonium'' <small>Fleming, 1828</small> * ''Geodia'' (''Cydonium'') <small>Fleming, 1828</small> * ''Geodia'' (''Geodia'') <small>Lamarck, 1815</small> * ''Geodia'' (''Isops'') <small>Sollas, 1880</small> * ''Geodia'' (''Sidonops'') <small>Sollas, 1889</small> * ''Geodia'' (''Stellogeodia'') <small>Czerniavsky, 1880</small> * ''Geodia'' (''Synops'') <small>Vosmaer, 1882</small> * ''Geodinella'' <small>Lendenfeld, 1903</small> * ''Isops'' <small>Sollas, 1880</small> * ''Pyxitis'' <small>Schmidt, 1870</small> * ''Sidonops'' <small>Sollas, 1889</small> * † ''Silicosphaera'' <small>Hughes, 1985</small> * ''Sydonops'' [lapsus] * ''Synops'' <small>Vosmaer, 1882</small> {{hidden end}} }}
'''''Geodia''''' is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. It is the type genus of its taxonomic family.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS | id = 48612 | taxon = Geodia | access-date = 15 February 2007 }}</ref>
This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.<ref name="ScienceSpongi">{{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}}<!--| access-date = 2007-02-15 --></ref>
==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 }}
==External links== {{refbegin}} * {{ITIS | id = 48612 | taxon = Geodia | access-date = 15 February 2007 }} * {{WRMS|132005|Geodia|Lamarck, 1815}} {{refend}}
==References== {{Commons category|Geodia}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Tetractinellida Category:Extant Campanian first appearances Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Category:Sponge genera