| Pennellidae | |
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| Lernaeenicus sprattae on host Sprattus sprattus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835 |
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Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepods. 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.
Genera
There are 24 genera:
- 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
- Pseudopeniculus Castro Romero, 2014
- Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911
- Serpentisaccus Blasiola, 1979
- Trifur C. B. Wilson, 1917
References
- ^ Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2021). "Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835". World of Copepods Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- 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.
- ^ 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.
- 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. [REDACTED]
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