Oscarella is a genus of marine sponges.[2] The genus can be found off the coast of every continent, in every ocean except the Arctic.[2]

Oscarella
Oscarella lobularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Homoscleromorpha
Order: Homosclerophorida
Family: Oscarellidae
Genus: Oscarella
Vosmaer, 1884[1]
Type species
Halisarca lobularis
Species[2]

see text

Synonyms[2]
A slide section of Oscarella

Species edit

Subtaxa include:[2]

Former members include:[2]

References edit

  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. ^ a b c d e f 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
  3. ^ 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.
  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.

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