Geodia

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

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

Species

 * 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 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 flemingi 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 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 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 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