''Oscarella'' is a

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of marine

sponge Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...

s. The genus can be found off the coast of every continent, in every ocean except the

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Species

Subtaxa include: * '' Oscarella aurantia'' Stillitani, Ereskovsky,

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Oscarella balibaloi ''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, Puccine ...

'' Pérez, Ivanisevic, Dubois, Pedel,

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Oscarella bergenensis ''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, Puccine ...

'' Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol,

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Oscarella carmela ''Oscarella carmela'', commonly known as the slime sponge, is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida that was first described in 2004 by G. Muricy and J.S. Pearse. It is believed to be native to intertidal waters in the north east t ...

'' Muricy & Pearse, 2004 * '' Oscarella carollineae'' Stillitani, Ereskovsky, Pérez, Ruiz, Laport, Puccinelli, Hardoim, Willenz, & Muricy, 2022 * ''

Oscarella cruenta ''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, Puccine ...

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, 1876) * '' Oscarella filipoi'' Pérez & Ruiz, 2018 * '' Oscarella imperialis'' Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996 * '' Oscarella kamchatkensis'' Ereskovsky, Sanamyan, &

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Oscarella lobularis ''Oscarella lobularis'' is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida. It is native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where it forms encrusting colonies on rocks and other hard surfaces. Description ''Oscarell ...

'' (Schmidt, 1862) * ''

Oscarella malakhovi ''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, Puccine ...

'' Ereskovsky, 2006 * '' Oscarella membranacea''

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, 1909 * '' Oscarella microlobata'' Muricy, Boury-Esnault, Bézac, & Vacelet, 1996 * '' Oscarella minka'' Ruiz, Ereskovsky, & Pérez, 2022 * ''

Oscarella nicolae ''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, Puccine ...

'' Gazave, Lavrov, Cabrol, Renard, Rocher, Vacelet, Adamska, Borchiellini, & Ereskovsky, 2013 * '' Oscarella nigraviolacea'' Bergquist &

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, 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 ''Oscarella tuberculata'' is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida. It is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, where it forms encrusting colonies on rocks and other hard surfaces. Description ''Oscarella tuberculata'' is a thickly encr ...

'' (Schmidt, 1868) * ''

Oscarella viridis ''Oscarella'' is a genus of marine sponges. The genus can be found off the coast of every continent, in every ocean except the Arctic Ocean, Arctic. Species Subtaxa include: * ''Oscarella aurantia'' Daniele Stillitani, Stillitani, Alexander V. ...

'' 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'' (

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, 1877), now accepted as a junior synonym of ''Oscarella lobularis'' (Schmidt, 1862)

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