# Geodia

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.

## Species

* Geodia acanthylastra Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia agassizi Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia alba (Kieschnick, 1896)
* Geodia amadaiba Tanita & Hoshino, 1989
* Geodia amphistrongyla Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia anceps (Vosmaer, 1894)
* Geodia angulata (Lendenfeld, 1910)
* Geodia apiarium (Schmidt, 1870)
* Geodia arabica Carter, 1869
* Geodia areolata Carter, 1880
* Geodia arma Lehnert & Stone, 2019
* Geodia arripiens Lindgren, 1897
* †Geodia asteroderma Hughes, 1985
* Geodia ataxastra Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia atlantica (Stephens, 1915)
* Geodia auroristella Dendy, 1916
* Geodia australis Da Silva & Mothes, 2000
* Geodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858
* Geodia basilea Lévi, 1964
* Geodia berryi (Sollas, 1888)
* Geodia bibilonae Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
* Geodia bicolor (Lendenfeld, 1910)
* Geodia boesraugi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
* Geodia breviana Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia californica (Lendenfeld, 1910)
* Geodia campbellensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia canaliculata Schmidt, 1868
* Geodia carcinophila (Lendenfeld, 1897)
* Geodia carolae (Lendenfeld, 1910)
* Geodia carteri Sollas, 1888
* Geodia chathamensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia cidaris (Lamarck, 1815)
* Geodia composita Bösraug, 1913
* Geodia conchilega Schmidt, 1862
* Geodia contorta (Bowerbank, 1873)
* Geodia cooksoni (Sollas, 1888)
* Geodia copiosa Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia corticostylifera Hajdu, Muricy, Custodio, Russo & Peixinho, 1992
* Geodia cribrata Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest & Díaz, 2014
* Geodia crustosa Bösraug, 1913
* Geodia cumulus Schmidt, 1870
* Geodia curacaoensis Van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014
* Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767)
* Geodia cylindrica Thiele, 1898
* Geodia dendyi Burton, 1926
* Geodia depressa Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia distincta Lindgren, 1897
* Geodia dura (Tendal, 1969)
* Geodia dysoni Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia echinastrella Topsent, 1904
* Geodia eosaster (Sollas, 1888)
* Geodia erinacea (Lendenfeld, 1888)
* Geodia ewok Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia exigua Thiele, 1898
* Geodia flemingii Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia gallica (Lendenfeld, 1907)
* Geodia garoupa Carvalho, Lopes, Cosme & Hajdu, 2016
* Geodia geodina (Schmidt, 1868)
* Geodia gibberella de Laubenfels, 1951
* Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815
* Geodia glariosa (Sollas, 1886)
* Geodia globosa (Baer, 1906)
* Geodia globostellifera Carter, 1880
* Geodia globus Schmidt, 1870
* Geodia harpago Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia hentscheli Cárdenas, Rapp, Schander & Tendal, 2010
* Geodia hilgendorfi Thiele, 1898
* Geodia hirsuta (Sollas, 1886)
* Geodia hyotania (Tanita, 1965)
* Geodia imperfecta Bowerbank, 1874
* Geodia inaequalis Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia inconspicua (Bowerbank, 1873)
* Geodia isabella (Dickinson, 1945)
* Geodia japonica Sollas, 1888
* Geodia jousseaumei (Topsent, 1906)
* Geodia kermadecensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia kuekenthali Thiele, 1900
* Geodia labyrinthica (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
* Geodia lacunata (Lamarck, 1815)
* Geodia lebwohli Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
* Geodia leosimi Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia libera Stephens, 1915
* Geodia lindgreni (Lendenfeld, 1903)
* Geodia littoralis Stephens, 1915
* Geodia lophotriaena Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia macandrewii Bowerbank, 1858
* Geodia magellani (Sollas, 1886)
* Geodia margarita Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia matrix Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
* Geodia media Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia megaster Burton, 1926
* Geodia megastrella Carter, 1876
* Geodia mesotriaena Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia mesotriaenella Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia micraster (Lendenfeld, 1907)
* Geodia micropora Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia micropunctata Row, 1911
* Geodia microsphaera Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
* Geodia microspinosa (Wilson, 1925)
* Geodia neptuni (Sollas, 1886)
* Geodia nigra Lendenfeld, 1888
* Geodia nilslindgreni Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
* Geodia nitida (Sollas, 1886)
* Geodia nodastrella Carter, 1876
* Geodia nodosa (Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015)
* Geodia obscura (Thiele, 1898)
* Geodia orthomesotriaena Lebwohl, 1914
* Geodia ostracomorpha (Lévi & Lévi, 1989)
* Geodia ovifractus Burton, 1926
* Geodia ovis Lendenfeld, 1910
* Geodia oxyastra (Lendenfeld, 1910)
* Geodia pachydermata (Sollas, 1886)
* Geodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965
* Geodia parasitica Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia parva Hansen, 1885
* Geodia paupera Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia perarmata Bowerbank, 1873
* Geodia pergamentacea Schmidt, 1870
* Geodia peruncinata Dendy, 1905
* Geodia philippinensis Wilson, 1925
* Geodia phlegraei (Sollas, 1880)
* Geodia phlegraeioides Díaz & Cárdenas, 2024
* Geodia picteti (Topsent, 1897)
* Geodia placenta Schmidt, 1862
* Geodia pleiades (Sollas, 1888)
* Geodia pocillum Van Soest, 2017
* Geodia poculata Bösraug, 1913
* Geodia praelonga Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia punctata Hentschel, 1909
* Geodia ramodigitata Carter, 1880
* Geodia ramosa (Topsent, 1928)
* Geodia regina Dendy, 1924
* Geodia reniformis Thiele, 1898
* Geodia reticulata Bowerbank, 1874
* Geodia rex Dendy, 1924
* Geodia riograndensis Silva & Mothes, 2000
* Geodia robusta Lendenfeld, 1907
* Geodia rovinjensis Müller et al., 1983
* Geodia sadiemillsae Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia sagitta Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia senegalensis Topsent, 1891
* Geodia sollasi (Lendenfeld, 1888)
* Geodia sparsa Wilson, 1925
* Geodia sphaeroides (Kieschnick, 1896)
* Geodia sphaerulifer (Vacelet & Vasseur, 1965)
* Geodia spheranthastra Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
* Geodia spherastrea Lévi, 1964
* Geodia spherastrella Topsent, 1904
* Geodia spherastrosa (Wilson, 1925)
* Geodia splendida Silva & Mothes, 2000
* Geodia starki Lehnert, Stone & Drumm, 2014
* Geodia stellata Lendenfeld, 1907
* Geodia stellosa (Czerniavsky, 1880)
* Geodia stromatodes (Uliczka, 1929)
* Geodia sulcata Van Soest, 2017
* Geodia tenera Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia thomsonii Schmidt, 1870
* Geodia tuberculosa Bowerbank, 1872
* Geodia tuberosa Schmidt, 1862
* Geodia tumulosa Bowerbank, 1872
* Geodia tylastra Boury-Esnault, 1973
* Geodia ulleungensis Sim & Kang, 2004
* Geodia vadi Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015
* Geodia variospiculosa Thiele, 1898
* Geodia vaubani Lévi & Lévi, 1983
* Geodia vestigifera (Dendy, 1924)
* Geodia vosmaeri (Sollas, 1886)
* Geodia williami Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015