Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Homoscleromorpha > Order Homosclerophorida

Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Oscarella Vosmaer, 1884
Pseudocorticium Boury-Esnault, Muricy, Gallissian & Vacelet, 1995

Literature

original description	Lendenfeld, R. Von 1887a [1886]. On the Systematic Position and Classification of Sponges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1886: 558-662.
basis of record	Muricy, G.; Diaz, M.C. (2002). Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905. Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 71-82
additional source	Gazave, E., Lapébie, P., Renard, E., Vacelet, J., Rocher,C., V. Ereskovsky, A., Lavrov, D. & Borchiellini, C. 2010. Molecular Phylogeny Restores the Supra-Generic Subdivision of Homoscleromorph Sponges (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha). PLoS ONE 5(12): e14290.
additional source	Ereskovsky, AV, Ivanisevic, J & Pérez, T, 2009. Overview of the Homoscleromorpha sponges diversity in the Mediterranean Proceedings of the 1st Symposium on the Coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions of the Mediterranean Sea (Tabarka, 15-16 January 2009) CAR/ASP 89-95
source of synonymy	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 85-103

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Citation

Boury-Esnault, N.; van Soest, R. (2014). Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150263