Megacepon sheni An, Boyko & Li, 2012 
AphiaID: 588458

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Arthropoda > Crustacea > Malacostraca > Eumalacostraca > Peracarida > Isopoda > Cymothoida > Bopyroidea > Bopyridae > Ioninae > Megacepon

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Megacepon George, 1947
Source		original description: An, J., C. B. Boyko & X. Li (2012) Two new species of the genus Megacepon George, 1947 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) infesting Varunidae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsoidea) from China. Journal of Natural History 46: 131-143. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Hainan [details]
Feedingtype		adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Metaplax sheni Gordon, 1930 [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:588458
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2011-11-21 21:13:25Z   created   Boyko, Christopher
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		Citation: Boyko, C. (2013). Megacepon sheni An, Boyko & Li, 2012. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database at http://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588458 on 2013-06-19