Oscarella is a genus of marine sponges. The genus can be found off the coast of every continent, in every ocean except the Arctic.
Species
Subtaxa include:
- Oscarella aurantia <small>Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022</small>
- Oscarella balibaloi <small>Pérez, Ivanisevic, Dubois, Pedel, Thomas, Tokina, & Ereskovsky, 2011</small>
- Oscarella bergenensis <small>Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol, Renard, Rocher, Vacelet, Adamska, Borchiellini, & Ereskovsky, 2013</small>
- Oscarella carmela <small>Muricy & Pearse, 2004</small>
- Oscarella carollineae <small>Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022</small>
- Oscarella cruenta <small>(Carter, 1876)</small>
- Oscarella filipoi <small>Pérez & Ruiz, 2018</small>
- Oscarella imperialis <small>Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996</small>
- Oscarella kamchatkensis <small>Ereskovsky, Sanamyan, & Vishnyakov, 2009</small>
- Oscarella lobularis <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small>
- Oscarella malakhovi <small>Ereskovsky, 2006</small>
- Oscarella membranacea <small>Hentschel, 1909</small>
- Oscarella microlobata <small>Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996</small>
- Oscarella minka <small>Ruiz, Ereskovsky, & Pérez, 2022</small>
- Oscarella nicolae <small>Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol, Renard, Rocher, Vacelet, Adamska, Borchiellini, & Ereskovsky, 2013</small>
- Oscarella nigraviolacea <small>Bergquist & Kelly, 2004</small>
- Oscarella ochreacea <small>Muricy & Pearse, 2004</small>
- Oscarella pearsei <small>Ereskovsky, Richter, Lavrov, Schippers, & Nichols, 2017</small>
- Oscarella ruthae <small>Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022</small>
- Oscarella stillans <small>Bergquist & Kelly, 2004</small>
- Oscarella tenuis <small>Hentschel, 1909</small>
- Oscarella tuberculata <small>(Schmidt, 1868)</small>
- Oscarella viridis <small>Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996</small>
- Oscarella zoranja <small>Pérez & Ruiz, 2018</small>
Former members include:
- Oscarella nathaliae <small>Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014</small>, now accepted as Plakina nathaliae <small>(Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014)</small>
- Oscarella rubra <small>(Hanitsch, 1890)</small>, now accepted as Aplysilla rubra <small>(Hanitsch, 1890)</small>
- Oscarella lobularis var. coerulea <small>(Schulze, 1877)</small>, now accepted as a junior synonym of Oscarella lobularis <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small>
References
Further reading
- Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1887). Klassen und Ordnungen der Spongien (Porifera). Pp. i-xii, 1-496, pls I-XXXIV. In: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs. 2. (Leipzig & Heidelberg)
- Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp