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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: 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

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There are 24 genera:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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. S2CID 89975409.
  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. PMID 29424341.