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Geodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Geodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965
Name authority
Hechtel, 1965
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Tetractinellida
Family
Geodiidae
Genus
Geodia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
  4. classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
  5. subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
  6. orderTetractinellida Marshall, 1876
  7. suborderAstrophorina Sollas, 1887
  8. familyGeodiidae Gray, 1867
  9. subfamilyGeodiinae Gray, 1867
  10. genusGeodia Lamarck, 1815
  11. speciesGeodia papyracea Hechtel, 1965

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Geodia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Geodia acanthylastra Lendenfeld, 1910GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Geodia agassizii Lendenfeld, 1910GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Geodia amadaiba Tanita & Hoshino, 1989GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Geodia amphistrongyla Lendenfeld, 1910GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Geodia apiarium (Schmidt, 1870)GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Geodia arabica Carter, 1869GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Geodia ataxastra Lendenfeld, 1910GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Barrett's horny spongeGeodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Geodia bicolor (Lendenfeld, 1910)GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Geodia californica (Lendenfeld, 1910)GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Geodia campbellensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Geodia carteri Sollas, 1888GeodiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 51 records assigned to Geodiidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Geodia (Cydonium) papyracea Hechtel, 1965 Hechtel, 1965synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170154 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3FPCG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.