Oscarella

Oscarella
Oscarella lobularis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Homoscleromorpha
Order: Homosclerophorida
Family: Oscarellidae
Genus: Oscarella
Vosmaer, 1884
Type species
Halisarca lobularis
Schmidt, 1862
Species

see text

Synonyms
  • Octavella Tuzet & Paris, 1963 – unaccepted junior synonym
  • Oscaria Vosmaer, 1881 – unaccepted (preoccupied)

Oscarella is a genus of marine sponges. The genus can be found off the coast of every continent, in every ocean except the Arctic.