WoRMS name details
Cepon Leidy, 1855
293788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293788)
unaccepted > unjustified emendation
Genus
Kepon typus Duvernoy, 1840 (type by monotypy)
- Species Cepon distortus Leidy, 1855 accepted as Leidya distorta (Leidy, 1855) (basionym)
- Species Cepon elegans Giard & Bonnier, 1886 accepted as Cancricepon elegans Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Cepon elegans Giard & Bonnier, 1887 accepted as Cancricepon elegans Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Cepon messoris Kossmann, 1880 accepted as Grapsicepon messoris (Kossmann, 1880) (basionym)
- Species Cepon naxiae Bonnier, 1900 accepted as Tylokepon naxiae (Bonnier, 1900) (basionym)
- Species Cepon pilula Giard & Bonnier, 1886 accepted as Cancricepon pilula Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Cepon pilula Giard & Bonnier, 1887 accepted as Cancricepon pilula Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Cepon portuni Kossmann, 1881 accepted as Ergyne cervicornis Risso, 1816 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cepon Leidy, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293788 on 2025-11-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120 [details]
basis of record Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120 [details]
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]
basis of record Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120 [details]
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
additional source
Leidy, J. (1855). Contributions towards a knowledge of the marine Invertebrate fauna of the coasts of Rhode Island and New Jersey. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 3(2) no. 11: 135-152, pls. 10-11. (xii-1855)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36848120
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details]
