TY  - JOUR
AB  - Three new sponge species without a skeleton. Oscarella viridis, O. microlobata, and O. imperialis, were found in sublinoral caves and on vertical walls along the Coast of Provence (Western Mediterranean Sea. France). Tbeir morphology. anatomy. and Cytology are described and they are compared with the two other valid Mediterranean Oscarella spevies, O. lobuaris and O. tuberculata. Reproductive and internal anatomical characters are unifonn in the
genus, but details of external morphology and especially cytological characters (mesohylar cells with inclusions) provide good diagnostic features all the spcecies level. Careful observation of morphological and cytological characters is essential for clarifying the systematics of Oscarella and reveals an unexpected biodiversily of this genus in the Mediterranean Sea.
A1  - Muricy, G.
A1  - Boury-Esnault, N.
A1  - Bézac, C.
A1  - Vacelet, J.
DO  - 10.1139/z96-102
JO  - Canadian Journal of Zoology
SP  - 881
EP  - 896
C1  - 74: 881-896
TI  - Cytological evidence for cryptic speciation in Mediterranean <i>Oscarella</i> species (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha).
UR  - https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=sourcedetails&id=47857
VL  - 74
PY  - 1996
Y2  - 2026-09-06
ER  -