Geodiidae

Overview of genera

Calthropella – Caminella – Caminus – Depressiogeodia – Erylus – Geodia – Melophlus – Pachymatisma

Primary references

• Cárdenas, P. 2010. Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Evolution of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae). Ph.D. University of Bergen, Bergen. open access PhD
• Cárdenas, P., Rapp, H.T., Schander, C. & Tendal, O. 2010. Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the Geodiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida) – combining phylogenetic and Linnaean classification Zoologica Scripta 39: 89–106. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2009.00402.x
• Cárdenas, P., Xavier, J.R., Reveillaud, J., Schander, C. & Rapp, H.T. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae) reveals an unexpected high level of spicule homoplasy. PLoS ONE 6: e18318. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018318 PDF
• Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492–558, pls XXVII–XXVIII.
• Sim-Smith, C. & Kelly, M. 2019. Review of the sponge genus Penares (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida, Astrophorina) in the New Zealand EEZ, with descriptions of new species. Zootaxa 4638(1): 1–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Geodiidae in the World Register of Marine Species