Geodia

Geodia; Temporal range: Early Campanian - Present
	Geodia barretti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Family:	Geodiidae
Subfamily:	Geodiinae
Genus:	Geodia; Lamarck, 1815
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Cydonium Fleming, 1828; Geodia (Cydonium) Fleming, 1828; Geodia (Geodia) Lamarck, 1815; Geodia (Isops) Sollas, 1880; Geodia (Sidonops) Sollas, 1889; Geodia (Stellogeodia) Czerniavsky, 1880; Geodia (Synops) Vosmaer, 1882; Geodinella Lendenfeld, 1903; Isops Sollas, 1880; Pyxitis Schmidt, 1870; Sidonops Sollas, 1889; † Silicosphaera Hughes, 1985; Sydonops [lapsus]; Synops Vosmaer, 1882;

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 turtles.

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