Geodia

Taxobox
name = "Geodia"
fossil_range = Early Campanian to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
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title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (entry on Porifera)
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=17&rank=phylum
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2008-01-12 ]
status = DD
status_system = iucn2.3
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Porifera
classis = Demospongiae
ordo = Astrophorida
familia = Geodiidae
genus = "Geodia"
genus_authority = Lamarck, 1815
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = see text
synonyms =

"Geodia" is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Geodiidae. It is the type genus of its taxonomic family.ITIS | ID = 48612| taxon = Geodia| year = 2007 | date = 15 February]

This genus is characterized by a high density of siliceous spicules. Members of this genus are known to be eaten by hawksbill turtles.cite journal | last =Meylan | first =Anne | authorlink =Anne Meylan | title =Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass | journal =Science | volume =239 | issue =| pages =393–395 | publisher =American Association for the Advancement of Science | date =1988-01-12 | url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0036-8075%2819880122%293%3A239%3A4838%3C393%3ASIHTAD%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
doi = | id = | accessdate = 2007-02-15 ]

pecies

*"Geodia angulata" (Lendenfeld, 1910)
*"Geodia atlantica" (Stephens, 1915)
*"Geodia baretti"
*"Geodia cydonium" O. F. Mueller, 1798
*"Geodia gibberosa" Lamarck, 1815
*"Geodia mesotriaena" Lendenfeld, 1910
*"Geodia neptuni"
*"Geodia nodastrella" Carter, 1876
*"Geodia pyriformis" Vosmaer, 1882

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