Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Geodiinae

Geodia Lamarck, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cydonium*	Fleming, 1828	synonym
*Isops*	Sollas, 1880	synonym
*Sidonops*	Sollas, 1889	synonym
*Stellogeodia*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym
*Synops*	Vosmaer, 1882	synonym

Children

Geodia anceps (Vosmaer, 1894)
Geodia atlantica (Stephens, 1915)
Geodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858
Geodia canaliculata Schmidt, 1868
Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862
Geodia cydonium (Jameson, 1811)
Geodia depressa Bowerbank, 1873
Geodia echinastrella Topsent, 1904
Geodia eosaster (Sollas, 1888)
Geodia geodina (Schmidt, 1868)
Geodia gigas Schmidt, 1862
Geodia glariosa (Sollas, 1886)
Geodia globus Schmidt, 1870
Geodia hentscheli Cárdenas, Rapp, Schander & Tendal, 2010
Geodia loricata (Lendenfeld, 1894)
Geodia macandrewii Bowerbank, 1858
Geodia maculosa (Vosmaer, 1894)
Geodia megastrella Carter, 1876
Geodia mesotriaena Lendenfeld, 1910
Geodia micropunctata Row, 1911
Geodia nodastrella Carter, 1876
Geodia pachydermata (Sollas, 1886)
Geodia pergamentacea Schmidt, 1870
Geodia phlegraei (Sollas, 1880)
Geodia placenta Schmidt, 1862
Geodia ramosa (Topsent, 1928)
Geodia sphaeroides (Kieschnick, 1896)
Geodia spherastrella Topsent, 1904
Geodia stellosa (Czerniavsky, 1880)
Geodia tuberosa Schmidt, 1862

Literature

original description	Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De 1815 [1814]. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
basis of record	Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Geodiidae Gray, 1867, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 134-140
additional source	Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103

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Citation

Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2014). Geodia Lamarck, 1815. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132005