Megapogon Jenkin, 1908

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Genus Megapogon Jenkin, 1908

Diagnosis. Achramorphidae with sylleibid or leuconoid organization ( Borojević et al. 2002b).

Scope: Five species have been allocated by Jenkin (1908) to this genus: Megapogon crucifer ( Poléjaeff 1883) , M. raripilus Jenkin 1908 , M. villosus Jenkin 1908 , M. pollicaris Jenkin 1908 and M. crispatus Jenkin 1908 . One new species from the Antarctic is described in this study; Megapogon schiaparellii sp. nov. Type species. Leuconia crucifera Poléjaeff 1883 , accepted as Megapogon crucifer ( Poléjaeff 1883; type by subsequent designation by Jenkin 1908).