WoRMS taxon details
Megacepon George, 1947
248942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248942)
accepted
Genus
Megacepon choprai George, 1947 (type by monotypy)
- Species Megacepon choprai George, 1947
- Species Megacepon disparatus An, Boyko & Li, 2012
- Species Megacepon goetici (Shiino, 1934)
- Species Megacepon pleopodatopus Bourdon, 1981
- Species Megacepon sesarmae (Pearse, 1930)
- Species Megacepon sheni An, Boyko & Li, 2012
- Species Megacepon disparatum An, Boyko & Li, 2012 accepted as Megacepon disparatus An, Boyko & Li, 2012 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, genus is masculine)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
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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Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Megacepon George, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248942 on 2026-05-03
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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]
