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Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892. Pp. 224-226. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 +xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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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.
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Styolocordylidae Topsent (Demospongiae, Hadromerida) is a monotypical family with characteristic club-shaped habit. They are considered closely related to Suberitidae from which they differ in the possession of long centrotylote megascleres building the stalk and forming the central core of the main body. The single genus Stylocordyla occurs in deeper water in all three oceans.
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Microcordyla Zirpolo, 1927 accepted as Paracentrotus Mortensen, 1903 (basis of record)
Microcordyla asteriae Zirpolo, 1927 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (basis of record)
Oxycordyla Topsent, 1904 accepted as Stylocordyla Thomson, 1873 (additional source)
Oxycordyla pellita Topsent, 1904 accepted as Stylocordyla pellita (Topsent, 1904) (basis of record)
Polymastia stipitata Carter, 1876 accepted as Stylocordyla borealis (Lovén, 1868) (basis of record)
Stylocordyla Thomson, 1873 (basis of record)
Stylocordyla pellita (Topsent, 1904) (basis of record)
Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892 (basis of record)
Stylorhiza Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Stylocordyla Thomson, 1873 (source of synonymy)
Stylorhiza stipitata (Carter, 1876) accepted as Stylocordyla borealis (Lovén, 1868) (additional source)
Microcordyla asteriae Zirpolo, 1927 accepted as Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (basis of record)
Oxycordyla Topsent, 1904 accepted as Stylocordyla Thomson, 1873 (additional source)
Oxycordyla pellita Topsent, 1904 accepted as Stylocordyla pellita (Topsent, 1904) (basis of record)
Polymastia stipitata Carter, 1876 accepted as Stylocordyla borealis (Lovén, 1868) (basis of record)
Stylocordyla Thomson, 1873 (basis of record)
Stylocordyla pellita (Topsent, 1904) (basis of record)
Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892 (basis of record)
Stylorhiza Schmidt, 1880 accepted as Stylocordyla Thomson, 1873 (source of synonymy)
Stylorhiza stipitata (Carter, 1876) accepted as Stylocordyla borealis (Lovén, 1868) (additional source)
