''Geodia areolata'' is a species of

sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate throug ...

in the family

Geodiidae Geodiidae is a family of sea sponges. Genera *'' Caminella'' Lendenfeld, 1894 *''Caminus'' Schmidt, 1862 *'' Depressiogeodia'' Cárdenas, Rapp, Schander & Tendal, 2010 (temporary name) *''Erylus'' Gray, 1867 *''Geodia'' Lamarck, 1815 *'' Melop ...

. It is found in the waters of the

Gulf of Mannar The Gulf of Mannar ( ) is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean with an average depth of .

, between the southeastern tip of India and the west coast of Sri Lanka. The species was first described by

Henry John Carter Henry John Carter, FRS (18 August 1813 – 4 May 1895) was a surgeon working in Bombay, India, who carried out work in geology, paleontology, and zoology. He worked as an army surgeon in Bombay from 1859 on Her Majesty's Indian Service, Bom ...

in 1880.

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Bibliography

* Carter, H.J. (1869). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII. page(s): p. 133, pl. VI. figs. 36, a-g and 37. Tetractinellida Animals described in 1880 Taxa named by Henry John Carter {{demosponge-stub