Species under Geodia
n= 30
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Geodia alba
(Kieschnick, 1896)
Western Central Pacific
Geodia apiarium
(Schmidt, 1870)
Western Central Atlantic
Geodia arabica
Carter, 1869
Western Indian Ocean
Geodia areolata
Carter, 1880
Indo-West Pacific
Geodia arripiens
Lindgren, 1897
Western Central Pacific
Geodia barretti
Bowerbank, 1858
Barrett's horny sponge Northern Atlantic and the Arctic
Geodia berryi
(Sollas, 1888)
Western Central Pacific
Geodia cydonium
Müller, 1798
Northeast Atlantic
Geodia distincta
Lindgren, 1897
Western Central Pacific
Geodia eosaster
(Sollas, 1888)
Western Central Pacific
Geodia gibberella
de Laubenfels, 1951
Eastern Central Pacific
Geodia gibberosa
Lamarck, 1815
Western Atlantic
Geodia globostellifera
Carter, 1880
Western Indian Ocean
Geodia hirsuta
(Sollas, 1886)
Western Central Pacific
Geodia inconspicua
(Bowerbank, 1873)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Geodia japonica
Sollas, 1888
Western Central Pacific
Geodia kuekenthali
Thiele, 1900
Western Central Pacific
Geodia labyrinthica
(Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Southeast Atlantic
Geodia macandrewii
Bowerbank, 1858
Arctic and Northern Atlantic
Geodia mesotriaena
Lendenfeld, 1910
Armoured ball sponge Northeast Pacific
Geodia nigra
Lendenfeld, 1888
Western Central Pacific
Geodia papyracea
Hechtel, 1965
Western Central Atlantic 20
Geodia perarmata
Bowerbank, 1873
Indo-West Pacific
Geodia philippinensis
Wilson, 1925
Western Central Pacific
Geodia sparsa
Wilson, 1925
Western Central Pacific
Geodia sphaeroides
(Kieschnick, 1896)
Western Central Pacific
Geodia spherastrosa
(Wilson, 1925)
Western Central Pacific
Geodia thomsonii
Schmidt, 1870
Western Central Atlantic
Geodia vaubani
Lévi & Lévi, 1983
Western Central Pacific
Geodia vestigifera
(Dendy, 1924)
Ostrich egg sponge Southern Ocean
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