Cancricepon
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Cancricepon is a genus of isopod
crustacean
s in the family Bopyridae
. It contains the following species:
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the family Bopyridae
Bopyridae
Bopyridae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. Members of the family are ectoparasites of crabs and shrimps. They live in the gill cavities or on the carapace where they cause a noticeable swelling...
. It contains the following species:
- Cancricepon anagibbosus Bourdon, 1971
- Cancricepon choprae (Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1925)
- Cancricepon elegans Giard & Bonnier, 1887
- Cancricepon garthi Danforth, 1970
- Cancricepon pilula Giard & Bonnier, 1887
- Cancricepon xanthi (Richardson, 1910)