WoRMS taxon details
Megacepon choprai George, 1947
261124 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:261124)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
George, P. C. (1947). Megacepon choprai gen. et sp. nov., a bopyrid isopod from the gill chamber of Sesarma tetragonum (Fabr.). <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 44(4): 385-390. [details] Available for editors 
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Note India
From editor or global species database
type locality India [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Megacepon choprai George, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=261124 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
George, P. C. (1947). Megacepon choprai gen. et sp. nov., a bopyrid isopod from the gill chamber of Sesarma tetragonum (Fabr.). <em>Records of the Indian Museum.</em> 44(4): 385-390. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
[request]basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Li L. (2003). Hong Kong's isopods. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 137-166. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
