Geodia splendida Silva & Mothes, 2000
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 splendida Silva & Mothes, 2000
- Name authority
- Silva & Mothes, 2000
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Tetractinellida
- Family
- Geodiidae
- Genus
- Geodia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
- subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
- orderTetractinellida Marshall, 1876
- suborderAstrophorina Sollas, 1887
- familyGeodiidae Gray, 1867
- subfamilyGeodiinae Gray, 1867
- genusGeodia Lamarck, 1815
- speciesGeodia splendida Silva & Mothes, 2000
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Geodia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Geodia acanthylastra Lendenfeld, 1910 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geodia agassizii Lendenfeld, 1910 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geodia amadaiba Tanita & Hoshino, 1989 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geodia amphistrongyla Lendenfeld, 1910 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geodia apiarium (Schmidt, 1870) | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Geodia arabica Carter, 1869 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geodia ataxastra Lendenfeld, 1910 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barrett's horny spongeGeodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Geodia bicolor (Lendenfeld, 1910) | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Geodia californica (Lendenfeld, 1910) | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Geodia campbellensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geodia carteri Sollas, 1888 | GeodiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.
- Silva, C.M.M. da; Mothes, B. (2000). Three new species of Geodia Lamarck, 1815 (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the bathyal depths off Brazilian coast, Southwestern Atlantic. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 107 (1); 31–48. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80117 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:3FPDS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.