Geodia

      Geodia
      Temporal range: Early Campanian to Present[1]
      Conservation status
      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 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 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 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)
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      References

      1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (entry on Porifera)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 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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