Pennellidae

Pennellidae
	Lernaeenicus sprattae on host Sprattus sprattus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Siphonostomatoida
Family:	Pennellidae; Burmeister, 1835
Synonyms
	Pennillidae Burmeister, 1816;

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

^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ ^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.
^ 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.

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[WoRMS-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.

[Hogans_2017-3] 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. S2CID 89975409.

[OhtsukaLindsay2018-4] 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.

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