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.
