Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Homoscleromorpha > Order Homosclerophorida

Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Oscarella Vosmaer, 1884
Pseudocorticium Boury-Esnault, Muricy, Gallissian & Vacelet, 1995

Literature

original description	Lendenfeld, R. von. (1887 [1886]). On the Systematic Position and Classification of Sponges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1886: 558-662.
basis of record	Muricy, G.; Diaz, M.C. (2002 [2004]). Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905. Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880. Pp. 71-82. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Eds) Systema Porifera - a guide to the classification of sponges (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Muricy, G.; Diaz, M.C. (2002). Order Homosclerophorida Dendy, 1905. Family Plakinidae Schulze, 1880. pp. 71-82. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY,1708 + XLVIII. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
additional source	Gazave, E.; Lapébie, P.; Renard, E.; Vacelet, J.; Rocher, C.; Ereskovsky, A.V.; Lavrov, D.V.; Borchiellini, C. (2010). Molecular Phylogeny Restores the Supra-Generic Subdivision of Homoscleromorph Sponges (Porifera, Homoscleromorpha). PLoS ONE. 5(12), 14290.
additional source	Ereskovsky, A.V.; Ivanišević, J.; Pérez, T,. (2009). Overview of the Homoscleromorpha sponges diversity in the Mediterranean. inProceedings of the 1st Symposium on the Coralligenous and other calcareous bio-concretions of the Mediterranean Sea (Tabarka, 15-16 January 2009) CAR/ASP89-95.
source of synonymy	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: 85-103.
status source	Boury-Esnault, N.; Lavrov, D.V.; Ruiz, C.A.; Pérez, T. (2013). The Integrative Taxonomic Approach Applied to Porifera: A Case Study of the Homoscleromorpha. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 53(3): 416-427.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150263