Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927 
AphiaID: 170718

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Carinacea (Infraclass) > Echinacea (Superorder) > Camarodonta (Order) > Echinidea (Infraorder) > Parechinidae (Family)

Status		unaccepted (based on echinoid pedicellariae misinterpreted as sponge)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Paracentrotus Mortensen, 1903b
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Microcordyla asteriae Zirpolo, 1927 (type by monotypy)
Parent		Parechinidae Mortensen, 1903b
Sources		original description: Zirpolo, G. 1927 [1926]. Di una nuova Silicospugna del Golfo di Napoli (Microcordyla asteriae n.g. n.sp.). Bolletino della Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli (2) 38(18): 287-290. [details] [full text] basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892. Pp. 224-226. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] status source: Mortensen, T. 1932. Über den angeblichen Kieselschwamm Microcordyla Asteriæ Zirpolo. Zoologischer Anzeiger 97, 197. page(s): 197 [details] status source: Mortensen, T. 1943. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. III, 3. Camarodonta. II. Echinidæ, Strongylocentrotidæ, Parasaleniidæ, Echinometridæ, pp. 446. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 167 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Microcordyla asteriae Zirpolo, 1927 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) Species Microcordyla asteriae Pascale la Cascia, 1930 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution
Link		To Echinoid Directory
Attribute		Functional group: benthos » Stage: adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group: plankton » Stage: larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
Note		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]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170718
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2006-01-30 18:43:48Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2006-08-26 19:00:09Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2011-03-25 12:29:52Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170718 on 2013-06-19