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 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: 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)
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