Pennellidae

Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepods.[1][3] When anchored on a host, they have a portion of the body on the outside of the host, whereas the remaining anterior part of the parasite is hidden inside tissues of the host.[3]

Pennellidae
Lernaeenicus sprattae on host Sprattus sprattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Hexanauplia
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Burmeister, 1835
Synonyms[1]
  • Pennillidae Burmeister, 1816
Complete life cycle of a pennellid, Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida), infecting cultured threadsail filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer[2]

Genera

There are 24 genera:[1]

  • Allotrifur Yamaguti, 1963
  • Cardiodectes C. B. Wilson, 1917
  • Creopelates Shiino, 1958
  • Exopenna Boxshall, 1986
  • Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lutken, 1861
  • Impexus Kabata, 1972
  • Lernaeenicus C. B. Wilson, 1932
  • Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822
  • Lernaeolophus Heller, 1865
  • Metapeniculus Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1985
  • Nagasawanus Uyeno, 2015
  • Ophiolernaea Shiino, 1958
  • Parinia Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977
  • Peniculisa C. B. Wilson, 1917
  • Peniculus von Nordmann, 1832
  • Pennella Oken, 1816
  • Peroderma Heller, 1865
  • Phrixocephalus C. B. Wilson, 1908
  • Propeniculus Castro Romero, 2014
  • Protosarcotretes Ohtsuka, Lindsay & Izawa, 2018 [4]
  • Pseudopeniculus Castro Romero, 2014
  • Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911
  • Serpentisaccus Blasiola, 1979
  • Trifur C. B. Wilson, 1917

References
  1. Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2021). "Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. Ismail, Norshida; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Venmathi Maran, Balu Alagar; Tasumi, Satoshi; Zaleha, Kassim; Yamashita, Hirofumi (2013). "Complete life cycle of a pennellid Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) infecting cultured threadsail filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer". Parasite. 20: 42. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013041. PMC 3813946. PMID 24165196.
  3. Hogans, W. E. (2017). "Cardiodectes medusaeus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii, a parasite of mid-water fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 130 (1): 250–255. doi:10.2988/17-00019.
  4. Ohtsuka, Susumu; Lindsay, Dhugal J.; Izawa, Kunihiko (2018). "A new genus and species of the family Pennellidae (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) infecting the Pacific viperfish Chauliodus macouni". Parasite. 25: 6. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018003. PMC 5806539.


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