Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Epicaridea > Superfamily Bopyroidea > Family Bopyridae > Subfamily Keponinae

Cancricepon Giard & Bonnier, 1887

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cancricepon elegans Giard & Bonnier, 1887
Cancricepon pilula Giard & Bonnier, 1887

Literature

original description	Giard, A.; Bonnier, J. (1887). Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux. 5: 1-272.
basis of record	Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 322.
additional source	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].
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
source of synonymy	Bourdon, R. (1971). Épicarides nouveaux pour la côte occidentale d'Afrique équatoriale. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, sér. A. 33: 371-391.
subsequent type designation	Markham, J. C. (1975) New records of two species of parasitic isopods of the bopyrid subfamily Ioninae in the western Atlantic. Crustaceana 29 (1): 55-67.

Genbank

Citation

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. Cancricepon Giard & Bonnier, 1887. 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:118169