''Geodia auroristella'' is a species of

sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...

in the family

Geodiidae Geodiidae is a family of sea sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channel ...

. It is found in the waters of the Indian Ocean around the

Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...

archipelago. The species was first described by Arthur Dendy in 1916.

Bibliography

* Dendy, A. (1916). ''Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean''. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Vol. 6. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 17 (2): 225-271,pls 44-48.

References

Tetractinellida Sponges described in 1916 Taxa named by Arthur Dendy {{demosponge-stub