Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Hexactinellida > Subclass Amphidiscophora > Order Amphidiscosida > Family Pheronematidae

Poliopogon Thomson, 1873

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Poliopogon amadou Thomson, 1873

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Japanese: ザゼンカイメン属

Literature

original description	Thomson, C.W. (1878). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xx+391 pp. (Harper & Borthers: New York).
original description	Thomson, C.W. (1873). Notes from the "Challenger". Nature, London. 8: 28–30, 51–53, 109–110, 246–249, 266–267, 347–349, 400–403.
original description	Thomson, C.W. (1877). The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic; a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, Volume 1 xxix+424 pp. (Macmillan and Co.: London).
basis of record	Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Schulze, F.E. (1887). Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger' during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 21 (part 53): 1-514, pl. 1-104.
basis of record	Tabachnick, K.R.; Menshenina, L.L. (2002 [2004]). Family Pheronematidae Gray, 1870. pp. 1267-1280. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 [2004]) Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes). (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow), 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
additional source	Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depth of the Sea. An Account of the General Results of the Dredging Cruises of the H.M.SS. 'Porcupine' and 'Lightning During the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870, Under the Scientific Direction of Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. and Dr. Wyville Thomson, F.R.S. Macmillan and Co.: London, xxi + 527 pp., pls. I-VIII.

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Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Poliopogon Thomson, 1873. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:171579