Pennella exocoeti Holten 1802
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Pennella exocoeti (Holten, 1802)
(Figs. 3, 9)
Synonyms. Pennella blainvillei (Lesueur, 1824), P. holteni (Desmarest, 1825), P. liouvillei Quidor, 1912 Type host and locality. Exocoetus sp., Atlantic Ocean.
Morphology. Size: 34–42 mm. Papillae: partial coverage, tubiform and branched, arranged around perimeter of cephalothorax, not found in organized groups. Holdfasts: two only, short. First antenna with four segments, second with two segments. Plumes: simple, single or double.
Remarks. A valid species. Parasitic on flying fishes (Exocoetidae: Exocoetus, Cheilopogon) in the Atlantic Ocean (Hogans 1988a and references therein). A small species exhibiting uniform morphology between specimens. Redescribed from USNM material by Hogans (1988a).
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/400400 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFCE0F2B5B77FFFFD637FFC57039F11B (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/781D71C8-4632-4D1B-8D82-F77CA1146029 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03F777535B67FFEFD6A0F9F073B8F6AF (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Pennellidae
- Genus
- Pennella
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Siphonostomatoida
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Holten
- Species
- exocoeti
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pennella exocoeti Holten, 1802 sec. Hogans, 2017
References
- Holten, H. S. (1802) Amaerkninger till beskrivelsen over Zeus guttatus samt Beskrivelser over tvende nye Arter Lernaeer. Skrivt Naturh Selsk, 5 (2), 129 - 137.
- Lesueur, C. A. (1824) On three new species of parasitic vermes belonging to the Linnaeen genus Lernaea. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6, 286 - 293.
- Desmarest, A. G. (1825) Considerations generals sur la classe des Crustaces, et descriptions des especes de ces animaux, qui vivant dans le mer, sur le cotes, ou dans les eaux douces de la France. F. G. Levrault, Libraire and Strasbourg, Paris, 477 pp.
- Quidor, A. (1912) Deuxieme Expedition Antarctique Francaise. (1908 - 1910). Copepodes parasites. Scientifics Naturals, Documents Scientifiques, Paris, 214 pp.
- Hogans, W. E. (1988 a) Redescription of Pennella sagitta (Copepoda: Pennellidae) from Histrio histrio (Pisces) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean with a provisional review of the genus Pennella Oken, 1816. Journal of Zoology, London, 216 (2), 379 - 390.