Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Tetractinellida > Suborder Astrophorina > Family Geodiidae > Subfamily Geodiinae

Geodia Lamarck, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Children

Geodia atlantica (Stephens, 1915)
Geodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858
Geodia bibilonae Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
Geodia canaliculata Schmidt, 1868
Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862
Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767)
Geodia depressa Bowerbank, 1873
Geodia echinastrella Topsent, 1904
Geodia eosaster (Sollas, 1888)
Geodia geodina (Schmidt, 1868)
Geodia globus Schmidt, 1870
Geodia hentscheli Cárdenas, Rapp, Schander & Tendal, 2010
Geodia macandrewii Bowerbank, 1858
Geodia matrix Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
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 phlegraeioides Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
Geodia placenta Schmidt, 1862
Geodia ramosa (Topsent, 1928)
Geodia spherastrella Topsent, 1904
Geodia stellosa Czerniavsky, 1880
Geodia tuberosa Schmidt, 1862

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: チョウズバチカイメン属

Literature

original description	Lamarck, J.-B. 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. Pp. 134-140. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0.
basis of record	Uriz, M.J. (2002[2004]). Family Geodiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 134-140. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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: 85-103.
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.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Geodia Lamarck, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132005