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]

Oscarella
Oscarella lobularis
Scientific classification
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 Oscaria Vosmaer, 1881[5] – unaccepted (preoccupied)

A slide section of Oscarella

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 nathaliae Ereskovsky, 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)