Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Homoscleromorpha > Order Homosclerophorida > Family Oscarellidae > Genus Oscarella

Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OscarellaVosmaer, 1884accepted genus name
Octavella Tuzet & Paris, 1963 synonym

Species group names

Halisarca lobularis Schmidt, 1862 basionym
Halisarca lobularis Schmidt, 1862 synonym
Octavella galangaui Tuzet & Paris, 1963 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Catalan: esponja lila sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona
 Dutch: gelobde spons
 English: flesh sponge
 French: éponge bleue
 German: Fleischschwamm
 Italian: spugna viola
 Spanish, Castillian: esponja azul; esponja morada

Literature

original description

Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.

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

Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46.

additional source

Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.

additional source

Ereskovsky, A.V., Borchiellini, C., Gazave, E., Ivanisevic, J., Lapébie, P., Perez, T., Renard,E. & Vacelet,J. 2009.- The Homoscleromorph sponge Oscarella lobularis, a promising sponge model in evolutionary and developmental biology. Model sponge Oscarella lobularis BioEssays, 31,1: 89-97

additional source

Ereskovsky, A. V.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Cleavage pattern in Oscarella species (Porifera, Demospongiae,Homoscleromorpha): transmission of maternal cells and symbiotic bacteria. Journal of Natural History, 36, 1761-1775

additional source

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

additional source

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

additional source

Lévi, C. 1952. Spongiaires de la côte du Sénégal. Bulletin de l’Institut français d’Afrique noire (A. Sciences naturelles) 14(1): 34-59.

additional source

Lévi, C. 1957a. Spongiaires des côtes d'Israel. Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 6 B(3-4): 201-212.

redescription

Boury-Esnault, N.; Solé-Cava, A.M.; Thorpe, J.P. 1992b. Genetic and cytological divergence between colour morphs of the Mediterranean sponge Oscarella lobularis Schmidt (Porifera, Demospongiae,Oscarellidae). Journal of Natural History 26: 271-284.

misapplication

Lévi, C. 1958. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’.Campagne 1951-1952 en Mer Rouge (suite). 11. Spongiaires de Mer Rouge recueillis par la ‘Calypso’ (1951-1952). Annales de l’Institut océanographique 34(3): 3-46.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (115 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GenBank (1516 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862). 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:133928

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-10-09 by Rob van Soest

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