A new species of Cancricepon Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) from China.
Specimens of the genus Cancricepon Giard & Bonnier, 1887 are recorded for the second time from China, and a new taxon, Cancricepon multituberosum n. sp., is described based on specimens parasitising the xanthid crab Liomera laevis (A. Milne-Edwards). Females of the new species can be distinguished from the other seven species of Cancricepon by the presence of mid-dorsal projections on all pereomeres and the absence of a palp on the maxilliped. Merocepon knudseni Danforth, 1970 is transferred to Cancricepon as C.                 knudseni (Danforth, 1970) n. comb. A table of the eight described species of Cancricepon is provided.
School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041000, People's Republic of China. anjianmei@hotmail.com
Jianmei
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An
Haiyan
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Yu
Jason D
JD
Williams
D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000469:parasitology; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D033321:Isopoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity