World Porifera Database - Species - Geodia williami Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

Porifera taxon details

Geodia williami Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

Holotype (NIWA64828), habitus and spicules

AphiaID

862696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:862696)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Geodia Lamarck, 1815

Original name

Geodia williami Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sim-Smith, C; Kelly, M. (2015). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sponges in the family Geodiidae (Demospongiae; Astrophorina). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 188: 102 pp. [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Holotype NIWA 64828, NIWA 64828, geounit Northeastern...

Holotype NIWA 64828 [details]

Holotype NIWA 64828, geounit Northeastern New Zealand [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Geodia williami Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2015. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=862696 on 2026-08-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-10-23 22:24:16Z

created

Kelly, Michelle

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original description Sim-Smith, C; Kelly, M. (2015). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sponges in the family Geodiidae (Demospongiae; Astrophorina). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 188: 102 pp. [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype NIWA 64828 [details]

Holotype NIWA 64828, geounit Northeastern New Zealand [details]

Definitions

From editor or global species database

Holotype (NIWA64828), habitus and spicules