Geodia

Geodia
Temporal range: Early Campanian to Present[1]
Geodia barretti
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 angulata Lendenfeld, 1910
  • Geodia arabica (Carter, 1869)
  • Geodia areolata Carter, 1880
  • Geodia arripiens Lindgren, 1897
  • 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 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 macandrewii Bowerbank, 1858
  • Geodia magellani (Sollas, 1886)
  • Geodia media Bowerbank, 1873
  • Geodia megaster Burton, 1926
  • Geodia megastrella Carter, 1876
  • Geodia mesotriaenella Lendenfeld, 1910
  • Geodia micropora Lendenfeld, 1910
  • Geodia micropunctata Row, 1911
  • Geodia nigra Lendenfeld, 1888
  • Geodia nodastrella Carter, 1876
  • 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 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 thomsonii 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)

  • "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. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. 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.
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