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

Geodia cydonium (Jameson, 1811)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Geodia*	Lamarck, 1815	accepted genus name
*Cydonium*	Fleming, 1828	synonym
*Isops*	Sollas, 1880	synonym
*Sidonops*	Sollas, 1889	synonym
*Stellogeodia*	Czerniavsky, 1880	synonym
*Synops*	Vosmaer, 1882	synonym

Species group names

*Alcyonium cydonium*	Jameson, 1811	basionym
*Alcyonium cydonium*	Jameson, 1811	synonym
*Geodia muelleri*	(Fleming, 1828)	synonym
*Geodia simplex*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym

Children

Geodia cydonium aegagropila Corriero, 1989

Literature

original description	Jameson, R. (1811). Catalogue of animals of the class Vermes found in the Firth of Forth, and other parts of Scotland, in: (1811). Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural-History Society 1. pp. 556-565 (Edinburgh, Neill & Co.)
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
additional source	Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147.
additional source	Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.
new combination reference	Topsent, E. 1925c. Étude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Sponge Barcoding Database (Geodia cydonium)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
GenBank (107 nucleotides; 93 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Geodia cydonium (Jameson, 1811). 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:134025