Oscarella nigraviolacea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homosclerophorida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Homoscleromorpha Ordo: Homosclerophorida

Familia: Oscarellidae
Genus: Oscarella
Species: Oscarella nigraviolacea

Name

Oscarella nigraviolacea Bergquist & Kelly, 2004: 61

• Holotype: BMNH 2003.4.10.6, collected by Dr Patrick L. Colin, CRRF, on 24 January 1996.
• Type locality: “south-west Pemba Island, reef area west of Makongwei Island, Tanzania, 05°23.07'S, 039°35.24'E, 6 m”.

References

Primary references

• Bergquist, P.R. & Kelly, M. 2004. Taxonomy of some Halisarcida and Homosclerophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from the Indo-Pacific. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38(1): 51–66. DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2004.9517217 . Reference page. 

Links

• Oscarella nigraviolacea in the World Register of Marine Species