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

Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cydonium Fleming, 1828

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Alcyonium cydonium*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Geodia gigas*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym
*Geodia muelleri*	(Fleming, 1828)	synonym
*Geodia simplex*	Schmidt, 1870	synonym

Children

Geodia cydonium aegagropila Corriero, 1989

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: giant sponge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Riesenkieselschwamm; Riesenschwamm; Stinkender Ankerschwamm sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Russian: Геодия кидонийская sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Turkish: sunger

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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 cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:134025