''Geodia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
sea sponge belonging to 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 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 turtle
The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution, that is large ...
s.
Species
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Geodia acanthylastra
''Geodia acanthylastra'' is a sponge species from the family Geodiidae. The species is found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the ...
''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia agassizi
''Geodia agassizi'' is a species of sponge 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 ...
''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia alba
''Geodia alba'' is a species of sponge 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 ...
''
(Kieschnick, 1896)
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Geodia amadaiba''
Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
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Geodia amphistrongyla''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia anceps''
(Vosmaer, 1894)
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Geodia angulata''
(Lendenfeld, 1910)
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Geodia apiarium
''Geodia apiarium'' is a species of sea sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the we ...
''
(Schmidt, 1870)
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Geodia arabica''
Carter, 1869
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Geodia areolata''
Carter, 1880
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Geodia arma
''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 t ...
''
Lehnert & Stone, 2019
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Geodia arripiens
''Geodia arripiens'' is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the South China Sea
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South Chi ...
''
Lindgren, 1897
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Geodia asteroderma
''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 t ...
''
Hughes, 1985
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Geodia ataxastra
''Geodia ataxastra'' is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean near the coasts of Panama and Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America ...
''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia atlantica
''Geodia atlantica'' is a species of sponge 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 ...
''
(Stephens, 1915)
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Geodia auroristella
''Geodia auroristella'' is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the Indian Ocean around the Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seych ...
''
Dendy, 1916
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Geodia australis
''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 t ...
''
Da Silva & Mothes, 2000
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Geodia barretti''
Bowerbank, 1858
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Geodia basilea
''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 t ...
''
Lévi, 1964
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Geodia berryi
''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 t ...
''
(Sollas, 1888)
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Geodia bicolor
''Geodia bicolor'' is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of ...
''
(Lendenfeld, 1910)
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Geodia boesraugi
''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 t ...
''
Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Geodia breviana''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia californica''
(Lendenfeld, 1910)
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Geodia campbellensis''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia canaliculata''
Schmidt, 1868
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Geodia carcinophila''
(Lendenfeld, 1897)
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Geodia carolae''
(Lendenfeld, 1910)
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Geodia carteri''
Sollas, 1888
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Geodia chathamensis''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia cidaris''
(Lamarck, 1815)
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Geodia composita''
Bösraug, 1913
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Geodia conchilega''
Schmidt, 1862
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Geodia contorta''
(Bowerbank, 1873)
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Geodia cooksoni''
(Sollas, 1888)
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Geodia copiosa''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia corticostylifera''
Hajdu, Muricy, Custodio, Russo & Peixinho, 1992
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Geodia cribrata''
Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
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Geodia crustosa''
Bösraug, 1913
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Geodia cumulus''
Schmidt, 1870
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Geodia curacaoensis''
Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
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Geodia cydonium''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
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Geodia cylindrica''
Thiele, 1898
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Geodia dendyi''
Burton, 1926
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Geodia depressa''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia distincta''
Lindgren, 1897
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Geodia dura''
(Tendal, 1969)
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Geodia dysoni''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia echinastrella''
Topsent, 1904
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Geodia eosaster''
(Sollas, 1888)
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Geodia erinacea''
(Lendenfeld, 1888)
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Geodia ewok''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia exigua
''Geodia exigua'' is a species of sponge that produces the sesquiterpene spiro compound exiguamide. The species was first described by Johannes Thiele in 1898. It is a marine organism
Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the aquatic pl ...
''
Thiele, 1898
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Geodia flemingi
''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 hawksbil ...
''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia gallica''
(Lendenfeld, 1907)
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Geodia garoupa''
Carvalho, Lopes, Cosme & Hajdu, 2016
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Geodia geodina''
(Schmidt, 1868)
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Geodia gibberella''
de Laubenfels, 1951
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Geodia gibberosa
''Geodia gibberosa'', commonly known as the white encrusting sponge, is a species of sea sponge found in the Caribbean. It is eaten by hawksbill turtles. It was first described by Lamarck in 1815.
Description
''Geodia gibberosa'' is a large, de ...
''
Lamarck, 1815
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Geodia glariosa''
(Sollas, 1886)
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Geodia globosa''
(Baer, 1906)
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Geodia globostellifera''
Carter, 1880
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Geodia globus''
Schmidt, 1870
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Geodia harpago''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia hentscheli''
Cárdenas, Rapp, Schander & Tendal, 2010
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Geodia hilgendorfi''
Thiele, 1898
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Geodia hirsuta''
(Sollas, 1886)
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Geodia hyotania
''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 hawksbil ...
''
(Tanita, 1965)
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Geodia imperfecta''
Bowerbank, 1874
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Geodia inaequalis''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia inconspicua''
(Bowerbank, 1873)
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Geodia isabella''
(Dickinson, 1945)
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Geodia japonica''
Sollas, 1888
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Geodia jousseaumei''
(Topsent, 1906)
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Geodia kermadecensis''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia kuekenthali''
Thiele, 1900
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Geodia labyrinthica''
(Kirkpatrick, 1903)
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Geodia lacunata''
(Lamarck, 1815)
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Geodia lebwohli''
Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Geodia leosimi''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia libera''
Stephens, 1915
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Geodia lindgreni''
(Lendenfeld, 1903)
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Geodia littoralis''
Stephens, 1915
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Geodia lophotriaena''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia macandrewii
''Geodia macandrewii'' is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is found in the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. The species was first described by James Scott Bowerbank
James Scott Bowerbank (14 July 1797 – 8 March 1877) was a ...
''
Bowerbank, 1858
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Geodia magellani''
(Sollas, 1886)
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Geodia margarita''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia media
''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 tu ...
''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia megaster
''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 hawksbil ...
''
Burton, 1926
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Geodia megastrella
''Geodia megastrella'' is a species of sponge in the family Geodiidae. It is a type of demosponge found in the deep temperate waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. It has characteristic stellar-shaped large spicules coined 'megastrellum', hence its ...
''
Carter, 1876
* ''Geodia mesotriaena''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia mesotriaenella''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia micraster''
(Lendenfeld, 1907)
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Geodia micropora''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia micropunctata''
Row, 1911
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Geodia microspinosa''
(Wilson, 1925)
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Geodia neptuni''
(Sollas, 1886)
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Geodia nigra''
Lendenfeld, 1888
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Geodia nilslindgreni''
Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
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Geodia nitida''
(Sollas, 1886)
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Geodia nodastrella''
Carter, 1876
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Geodia nodosa''
(Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015)
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Geodia obscura''
(Thiele, 1898)
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Geodia orthomesotriaena''
Lebwohl, 1914
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Geodia ostracomorpha''
(Lévi & Lévi, 1989)
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Geodia ovifractus''
Burton, 1926
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Geodia ovis''
Lendenfeld, 1910
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Geodia oxyastra''
(Lendenfeld, 1910)
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Geodia pachydermata''
(Sollas, 1886)
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Geodia papyracea''
Hechtel, 1965
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Geodia parasitica''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia parva''
Hansen, 1885
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Geodia paupera''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia perarmata''
Bowerbank, 1873
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Geodia pergamentacea''
Schmidt, 1870
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Geodia peruncinata''
Dendy, 1905
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Geodia philippinensis''
Wilson, 1925
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Geodia phlegraei''
(Sollas, 1880)
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Geodia picteti''
(Topsent, 1897)
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Geodia placenta''
Schmidt, 1862
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Geodia pleiades
''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 hawksbil ...
''
(Sollas, 1888)
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Geodia pocillum''
Van Soest, 2017
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Geodia poculata''
Bösraug, 1913
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Geodia praelonga''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia punctata''
Hentschel, 1909
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Geodia ramodigitata''
Carter, 1880
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Geodia ramosa''
(Topsent, 1928)
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Geodia regina''
Dendy, 1924
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Geodia reniformis''
Thiele, 1898
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Geodia reticulata
''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 hawksbil ...
''
Bowerbank, 1874
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Geodia rex''
Dendy, 1924
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Geodia riograndensis''
Silva & Mothes, 2000
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Geodia robusta''
Lendenfeld, 1907
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Geodia rovinjensis''
Müller et al., 1983
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Geodia sadiemillsae''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia sagitta''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia senegalensis''
Topsent, 1891
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Geodia sollasi''
(Lendenfeld, 1888)
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Geodia sparsa''
Wilson, 1925
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Geodia sphaeroides''
(Kieschnick, 1896)
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Geodia sphaerulifer''
(Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965)
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Geodia spheranthastra''
Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
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Geodia spherastrea''
Lévi, 1964
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Geodia spherastrella''
Topsent, 1904
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Geodia spherastrosa''
(Wilson, 1925)
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Geodia splendida''
Silva & Mothes, 2000
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Geodia starki''
Lehnert, Stone & Drumm, 2014
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Geodia stellata''
Lendenfeld, 1907
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Geodia stellosa''
(Czerniavsky, 1880)
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Geodia stromatodes''
(Uliczka, 1929)
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Geodia sulcata''
Van Soest, 2017
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Geodia tenera''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia thomsonii''
Schmidt, 1870
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Geodia tuberculosa''
Bowerbank, 1872
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Geodia tuberosa''
Schmidt, 1862
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Geodia tumulosa''
Bowerbank, 1872
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Geodia tylastra''
Boury-Esnault, 1973
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Geodia ulleungensis''
Sim & Kang, 2004
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Geodia vadi''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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Geodia variospiculosa''
Thiele, 1898
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Geodia vaubani''
Lévi & Lévi, 1983
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Geodia vestigifera''
(Dendy, 1924)
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Geodia vosmaeri''
(Sollas, 1886)
* ''
Geodia williami''
Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
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References
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Tetractinellida
Extant Campanian first appearances
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Sponge genera