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Stylephorus Shaw 1791 stylus, from stū́los, (Gr. στῦλος), column or pillar; phorus, from phoreús (Gr. φορεύς), bearer or carrier, referring to the “very singular figure and situation of the eyes,” which are large, telescopic and directed forwards or upwards

Stylephorus chordatus Shaw 1791 scientific Neo-Latin for having a cord or string, referring to the “extraordinary thread-like process of the tail,” i.e., an exceedingly long, cord-like appendage