Geodia Explained

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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Meylan. Anne. Anne Meylan. 1988-01-12. Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 239. 4838. 393–395. 10.1126/science.239.4838.393. 1700236. 17836872. 22971831.