Oscarella

Oscarella
Oscarella lobularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Homoscleromorpha
Order:	Homosclerophorida
Family:	Oscarellidae
Genus:	Oscarella Vosmaer, 1884 [1]
Type species
Halisarca lobularis Schmidt, 1862 [2]
Species [3]
see text
Synonyms [3]
Octavella Tuzet  [ de; fr; species; wikidata ] & Paris  [ species; wikidata ], 1963 [4] – unaccepted junior synonym OscariaVosmaer, 1881 [5] – unaccepted (preoccupied)

A slide section of Oscarella

Oscarella is a genus of marine sponges. ^[3] The genus can be found off the coast of every continent, in every ocean except the Arctic. ^[3]

Species

Subtaxa include: ^[3]

• Oscarella aurantia Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022
• Oscarella balibaloi Pérez, Ivanisevic, Dubois, Pedel, Thomas, Tokina, & Ereskovsky, 2011
• Oscarella bergenensis Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol, Renard, Rocher, Vacelet, Adamska, Borchiellini, & Ereskovsky, 2013
• Oscarella carmela Muricy & Pearse, 2004
• Oscarella carollineae Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022
• Oscarella cruenta (Carter, 1876)
• Oscarella filipoi Pérez & Ruiz, 2018
• Oscarella imperialis Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996
• Oscarella kamchatkensis Ereskovsky, Sanamyan, & Vishnyakov, 2009
• Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862)
• Oscarella malakhovi Ereskovsky, 2006
• Oscarella membranacea Hentschel, 1909
• Oscarella microlobata Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996
• Oscarella minka Ruiz, Ereskovsky, & Pérez, 2022
• Oscarella nicolae Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol, Renard, Rocher, Vacelet, Adamska, Borchiellini, & Ereskovsky, 2013
• Oscarella nigraviolacea Bergquist & Kelly, 2004
• Oscarella ochreacea Muricy & Pearse, 2004
• Oscarella pearsei Ereskovsky, Richter, Lavrov, Schippers, & Nichols, 2017
• Oscarella ruthae Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022
• Oscarella stillans Bergquist & Kelly, 2004
• Oscarella tenuis Hentschel, 1909
• Oscarella tuberculata (Schmidt, 1868)
• Oscarella viridis Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996
• Oscarella zoranja Pérez & Ruiz, 2018

Former members include: ^[3]

• Oscarella nathaliaeEreskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014, now accepted as Plakina nathaliae (Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014)
• Oscarella rubra (Hanitsch, 1890), now accepted as Aplysilla rubra (Hanitsch, 1890)
• Oscarella lobularis var. coerulea (Schulze, 1877), now accepted as a junior synonym of Oscarella lobularis(Schmidt, 1862)

References

1. Vosmaer, Gualtherus Carel Jacob (2 October 1882). "Porifera". Dr. H.G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild (in German). Vol. II. p. 145. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
2. Schmidt, Oscar (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres (in German). Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. 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. (2023). World Porifera Database. Oscarella Vosmaer, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131979 Archived 29 May 2023 at the Wayback Machine on 1 October 2023
4. Tuzet, Odette; Paris, Jean (1963). "OCTAVELLA GALANGAUI n. g. n. sp. DEMOSPONGIAE, OSCARELLIDAE, DE BANYULS-SUR-MER". Vie et Milieu (in French): 71–89. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
5. Vosmaer, Gualtherus Carel Jacob (1881). "Über Leucandra aspera H. nebst allgemeinen Bemerkungen über das Canalsystem der Spongien". Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging (in German). 5: 144–166, pls. III-IV. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023.

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
• van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). "Porifera". In Costello, M.J. (ed.). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. Vol. 50. pp. 85–103. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
• Boury-Esnault, N.; Sole-Cava, A. M.; Thorpe, J. P. (27 January 1992). "Genetic and cytological divergence between colour morphs of the Mediterranean sponge Oscarella lobularis Schmidt (Porifera, Demospongiae, Oscarellidae)" . Journal of Natural History. 26 (2): 271–284. Bibcode:1992JNatH..26..271B. doi:10.1080/00222939200770131 . Retrieved 2 October 2023.