Oscarella


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, 2022Oscarella balibaloi Pérez, Ivanisevic, Dubois, Pedel, Thomas, Tokina, & Ereskovsky, 2011Oscarella bergenensis Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol, Renard, Rocher, Vacelet, Adamska, Borchiellini, & Ereskovsky, 2013Oscarella carmela Muricy & Pearse, 2004Oscarella carollineae Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022Oscarella cruenta Oscarella filipoi Pérez & Ruiz, 2018Oscarella imperialis Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996Oscarella kamchatkensis Ereskovsky, Sanamyan, & Vishnyakov, 2009Oscarella lobularis Oscarella malakhovi Ereskovsky, 2006Oscarella membranacea Hentschel, 1909Oscarella microlobata Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996Oscarella minka Ruiz, Ereskovsky, & Pérez, 2022Oscarella nicolae Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol, Renard, Rocher, Vacelet, Adamska, Borchiellini, & Ereskovsky, 2013Oscarella nigraviolacea Bergquist & [Michelle Michelle Kelly (marine scientist)|Kelly (marine scientist)|Kelly], 2004Oscarella ochreacea Muricy & Pearse, 2004Oscarella pearsei Ereskovsky, Richter, Lavrov, Schippers, & Nichols, 2017Oscarella ruthae Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022Oscarella stillans Bergquist & Kelly, 2004Oscarella tenuis Hentschel, 1909Oscarella tuberculata Oscarella viridis Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996Oscarella zoranja Pérez & Ruiz, 2018
Former members include:Oscarella nathaliae Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014, now accepted as Plakina nathaliae Oscarella rubra, now accepted as Aplysilla rubra Oscarella lobularis var. coerulea, now accepted as a junior synonym of ''Oscarella lobularis''