Geodia

Geodia
Temporal range: Early Campanian - Present
Geodia barretti
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Geodiidae
Subfamily: Geodiinae
Genus: Geodia
Lamarck, 1815
Species

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Cydonium Fleming, 1828
  • Geodia (Cydonium) Fleming, 1828
  • Geodia (Geodia) Lamarck, 1815
  • Geodia (Isops) Sollas, 1880
  • Geodia (Sidonops) Sollas, 1889
  • Geodia (Stellogeodia) Czerniavsky, 1880
  • Geodia (Synops) Vosmaer, 1882
  • Geodinella Lendenfeld, 1903
  • Isops Sollas, 1880
  • Pyxitis Schmidt, 1870
  • Sidonops Sollas, 1889
  • † Silicosphaera Hughes, 1985
  • Sydonops [lapsus]
  • Synops Vosmaer, 1882

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.

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