# Geodia
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{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Early [Campanian](/source/Campanian) - Present[{{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
}}]
| image = Geodia barretti.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Geodia barretti](/source/Geodia_barretti)''
| taxon = Geodia
| authority = [Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck), 1815
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
| synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}}
* ''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](/source/genus) of [sea sponge](/source/sea_sponge) belonging to the family [Geodiidae](/source/Geodiidae). It is the [type genus](/source/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](/source/siliceous) [spicule](/source/spicule_(sponge))s. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by [hawksbill turtle](/source/hawksbill_turtle)s.[{{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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==External links==
{{refbegin}}
* {{ITIS | id = 48612 | taxon = Geodia | access-date = 15 February 2007 }}
* {{WRMS|132005|Geodia|Lamarck, 1815}}
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==References==
{{Commons category|Geodia}}
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Category:Tetractinellida
Category:Extant Campanian first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Category:Sponge genera
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