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Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862) 
AphiaID: 133928

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Homoscleromorpha (Class) > Homosclerophorida (Order) > Oscarellidae (Family) > Oscarella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887
Parent Oscarella Vosmaer, 1884
Synonymised
taxa
  Halisarca lobularis Schmidt, 1862 (genus transfer)
Halisarca lobularis var. coerulea Schulze, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halisarca lobularis var. pallida Schulze, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halisarca lobularis var. purpurea Schulze, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halisarca lobularis var. rubra Schulze, 1877 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halisarca mimosa Barrois, 1876 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Octavella galangaui Tuzet & Paris, 1963 (junior synonym)
Oscarella lobularis var. coerulea (Schulze, 1877) (junior synonym)
Oscaria lobularis (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7. [details] [full text]

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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

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. [details]

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  [details]

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 [details] [full text]

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. (look up in IMIS[details]

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 (look up in IMIS[details]

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. [details] [full text]

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

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. [details]

from synonym: Tuzet, O.; Paris, J. 1963. Octavella galangaui n.g. n.sp. Demospongiae, Oscarellidae de Banyuls-sur-Mer. Vie et Milieu 14(1):71-89. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Barrois, C. 1876. Mémoire sur l’embryologie de quelques Eponges de la Manche. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (6) 3(11): 1-84. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Schulze, F.E. 1877 Untersuchungen über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Spongien. II. Die Gattung Halisarca. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 28, 1-48, pls 21-24. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Sarà, M. 1960a. Poriferi del litorale dell’isola d’lschia e loro ripartizioneper ambienti. Pubblicazioni della Stazione zoologica di Napoli 31(3):421-472, pls XII-XIII. [details] [view taxon]

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. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Catalan esponja lila  [details]
Dutch gelobde spons  [details]
English flesh sponge  [details]
French éponge bleue  [details]
German Fleischschwamm  [details]
Italian spugna viola  [details]
Spanish esponja azul  [details]
Spanish esponja morada  [details]
Turkish sunger  [details]
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taxa

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Variety Oscarella lobularis var. coerulea (Schulze, 1877) accepted as Oscarella lobularis (Schmidt, 1862)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution type locality: Adriatic Sea [details]
Adriatic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Aegean Sea [details]
Antarctic Ocean (not valid[details]
Azores Canaries Madeira [details]
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Cape Verde [details]
Cruz Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Atlantic part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Naples [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Italian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Kerkennah Islands [details]
Levantine Sea [details]
Monaco [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (not valid[details]
North East Atlantic [details]
Sahelian Upwelling [details]
Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Georgia (not valid[details]
Southern Red Sea (probably not valid[details]
Tunisian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Mediterranean [details]
Western Mediterranean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (115 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1516 nucleotides; 39 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Note  Synonymy: The synonymy between galangaui and lobularis is doubtful [details]
Image 
Oscarella lobularis
Oscarella lobularis
added on 2008-10-01 - author: Picton, Bernard
qualitystatus: checked by Picton, Bernard on 2008-10-01 22:38:29
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133928
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-07-14 06:54:12Z  changed  Amelinckx, Simon
2008-10-09 07:00:01Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). 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. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133928 on 2013-05-22
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