Microcordyla asteriae Zirpolo, 1927 
AphiaID: 170719

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

Status		unaccepted (based on echinoid pedicellariae misinterpreted as sponge)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)
Rank		Species
Typetaxon of		Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927
Parent		Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927 accepted as Paracentrotus 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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Italian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Notes		This is probably not a sponge. [details] Status: 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] Type locality: Italy [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170719
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2010-05-30 09:12:59Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2011-03-25 12:29:52Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Microcordyla asteriae 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=170719 on 2013-05-24