Geodia
Encyclopedia
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 turtle
s.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea sponge
Sea sponge
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera . Their bodies consist of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells. While all animals have unspecialized cells that can transform into specialized cells, sponges are unique in having some specialized cells, but can also have...
belonging to the family Geodiidae
Geodiidae
Geodiidae is an family of sea sponges. It contains the following genera:* Caminus* Erylus* Geodia* Isops* Pachymatisma* Sidonops...
. It is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
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 turtle
Hawksbill turtle
The hawksbill sea turtle is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in its genus. The species has a worldwide distribution, with Atlantic and Pacific subspecies. E. imbricata imbricata is the Atlantic subspecies, while E...
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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 gibberosaGeodia gibberosaGeodia gibberosa is a Caribbean sea sponge. It is known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.-Characteristics:The Geodia gibberosa is a large, dirty-white, dense sponge. It is usually in the form of a knobby, fist-like mass, often up to 50 cm in diameter...
Lamarck, 1815 - Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862
- Geodia glariosa (Sollas, 1886)
- Geodia globosa (Baer, 1906)
- Geodia globostellifera Carter, 1880
- Geodia globus Schmidt, 1870
- 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)