Peniculus
Peniculus hokutoae attached to its host
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Pennellidae
Genus: Peniculus
von Nordmann, 1832

Peniculus is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae.[1] They occur worldwide and typically parasitize coastal or epipelagic fish, with the exception of Peniculus hokutoae that was found parasitizing a mesopelagic myctophid, Symbolophorus evermanni.[2]

Species

There are 11 recognized species:[1]

  • Peniculus calamus Nordmann, 1864
  • Peniculus clavatus Kröyer, 1863
  • Peniculus communis Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
  • Peniculus elegans Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
  • Peniculus elongatus Boxshall, 1986
  • Peniculus fistula Nordmann, 1832
  • Peniculus hokutoae Ohtsuka, Nishikawa & Boxshall, 2018
  • Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956
  • Peniculus ostraciontis Yamaguti, 1939
  • Peniculus quadratus Moon & Choi, 2014
  • Peniculus truncatus Shiino, 1956

References

  1. 1 2 Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2021). "Peniculus Nordmann, 1832". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Ohtsuka, Susumu; Nishikawa, Jun & Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2018). "A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water". Parasite. 25: 58. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018057. PMC 6254144. Open access icon


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