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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Calcarea
Subclassis: Calcaronea
Ordo: Leucosoleniida

Familia: Achramorphidae
Genus: Megapogon
Species (6): M. crispatus – M. crucifer – M. pollicaris – M. raripilus – M. schiaparellii – M. villosus
Name

Megapogon Jenkin, 1908: 35

Type species: Leuconia crucifera Poléjaeff, 1883, by subsequent designation by Dendy & Row (1913: 768).
References
Primary references

Jenkin, C.F. 1908. Porifera. III.–Calcarea. pp. 1–50, pls. XXVII–XXXVIII In National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–1904. Natural History. Volume IV. Zoology. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum: London. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Alvizu, A., Xavier, J.R. & Rapp, H.T. 2019. Description of new chiactine-bearing sponges provides insights into the higher classification of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea). Zootaxa 4615(2): 201–251. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.1. Reference page.

Links

Megapogon in the World Register of Marine Species

Biology Encyclopedia

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