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]

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]

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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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. Open access icon


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