WoRMS name details
Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927
170718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170718)
unaccepted (based on echinoid pedicellariae misinterpreted as sponge)
Genus
Microcordyla asteriae Zirpolo, 1927 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (type by monotypy)
Species Microcordyla asteriae Zirpolo, 1927 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (based on echinoid pedicellariae misinterpreted as sponge)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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]

Status The type species, Microcordyla asteriae Zirpulo, 1927, is based on detached globiferous pedicellariae of Paracentrotus...
Status The type species, Microcordyla asteriae Zirpulo, 1927, is based on detached globiferous pedicellariae of Paracentrotus lividus misinterpreted as silicious sponge parasitic on asteroids (see Mortensen, 1932: p. 197, 1943: p. 167). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2023). World Echinoidea Database. Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170718 on 2023-06-08
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original description
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 record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892. Pp. 224-226. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892. Pp. 224-226. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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status source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 167 [details]
status source Mortensen, T. 1932. Über den angeblichen Kieselschwamm Microcordyla Asteriæ Zirpolo. Zoologischer Anzeiger 97, 197.
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892. Pp. 224-226. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892. Pp. 224-226. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

status source Mortensen, T. (1943). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ. 446 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 167 [details]
status source Mortensen, T. 1932. Über den angeblichen Kieselschwamm Microcordyla Asteriæ Zirpolo. Zoologischer Anzeiger 97, 197.
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Status The type species, Microcordyla asteriae Zirpulo, 1927, is based on detached globiferous pedicellariae of Paracentrotus lividus misinterpreted as silicious sponge parasitic on asteroids (see Mortensen, 1932: p. 197, 1943: p. 167). [details]
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