original description(ofMicrocordyla Zirpolo, 1927)Zirpolo, G. 1927 [1926]. Di una nuova Silicospugna del Golfo di Napoli (<i>Microcordyla asteriae</i> n.g. n.sp.). Bolletino della Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli (2) 38(18): 287-290.[details]
basis of recordHansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceHayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors