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Uriz, M.J. (2002). Family Geodiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 134-140. In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0.
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Uriz, M.J.
2002
Family Geodiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 134-140
In: Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York
1708+xvliii, ISBN 0-306-47260-0
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Geodiidae Gray (Demospongiae, Astrophorida) includes astrophorid sponges with sterrasters as the main cortical microsclere and various forms of triaenes among the megascleres. Other microscleres present are euasters and microrhabds. Sponges are generally massive or thickly encrusting and often develop into globular forms. The inhalant or exhalant orifices (or both) may be organized in a sieve. The skeletal arrangement is radiate at the periphery and confused in the inner region of the skeleton. These sponges are usually cream, gray or white in color inside, and gray, brown to black outside, often dependant on their exposure to light. They inhabit bathyal, soft bottoms and, less often, are found in caves and overhangs of the sublittoral zone. The family contains twelve nominal genera of which six are valid: Erylus, Caminus, Pachymatisma, Geodia, /sops, and Sidonops, with species distributed worldwide.
Systematics, Taxonomy
Caminella Lendenfeld, 1894 (status source)
Caminus Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Caminus vulcani Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Cydonium Fleming, 1828 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (additional source)
Cydonium muelleri Fleming, 1828 accepted as Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767) (basis of record)
Erylus Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815 (additional source)
Geodia strongyla (Hoshino, 1981) accepted as Caminus strongyla (Hoshino, 1981) (source of synonymy)
Geodiidae Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Geodinella Lendenfeld, 1903 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Pachymatisma johnstonia (Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842) (basis of record)
Pyxitis Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Scutastra Ferrer Hernández, 1912 accepted as Erylus Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Scutastra cantabrica Ferrer Hernández, 1912 accepted as Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) (basis of record)
Sidonops Sollas, 1889 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Unimia de Laubenfels, 1953 accepted as Erylus Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Caminus Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Caminus vulcani Schmidt, 1862 (basis of record)
Cydonium Fleming, 1828 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (additional source)
Cydonium muelleri Fleming, 1828 accepted as Geodia cydonium (Linnaeus, 1767) (basis of record)
Erylus Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Geodia gibberosa Lamarck, 1815 (additional source)
Geodia strongyla (Hoshino, 1981) accepted as Caminus strongyla (Hoshino, 1981) (source of synonymy)
Geodiidae Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Geodinella Lendenfeld, 1903 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Pachymatisma johnstonia (Bowerbank in Johnston, 1842) (basis of record)
Pyxitis Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Scutastra Ferrer Hernández, 1912 accepted as Erylus Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
Scutastra cantabrica Ferrer Hernández, 1912 accepted as Erylus discophorus (Schmidt, 1862) (basis of record)
Sidonops Sollas, 1889 accepted as Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (basis of record)
Unimia de Laubenfels, 1953 accepted as Erylus Gray, 1867 (basis of record)
