WoRMS name details
Merocepon Richardson, 1910
293843 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:293843)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Merocepon xanthi Richardson, 1910 accepted as Cancricepon xanthi (Richardson, 1910) (type by original designation)
- Species Merocepon knudseni Danforth, 1970 accepted as Cancricepon knudseni (Danforth, 1970)
- Species Merocepon xanthi Richardson, 1910 accepted as Cancricepon xanthi (Richardson, 1910) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Richardson, H. (1910). Marine isopods collected in the Philippines by the U.S. Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1907-8. <em>Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries Document.</em> 736: 1-44., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44828967 [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. Merocepon Richardson, 1910. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=293843 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, H. (1910). Marine isopods collected in the Philippines by the U.S. Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1907-8. <em>Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of Fisheries Document.</em> 736: 1-44., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44828967 [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 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]
