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Pennella germonia Leigh-Sharpe 1931

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Description

Pennella germonia Leigh-Sharpe, 1931

Not valid. Described from tuna, Germo alalonga (= Thunnus alalonga), Mediterranean. Falls within the length and variability range of P. filosa (also found frequently on species of large tunas). There is nothing within the original description, figures and remarks which distinguishes P. germonia from P. filosa. Synonym of P. filosa (Kabata 1979; Hogans 1988a); accepted as P. filosa (Walter & Boxshall 2015).

Notes

Published as part of Hogans, W. E., 2017, Review of Pennella Oken, 1816 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) with a description of Pennella benzi sp. nov., a parasite of Escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Pisces) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1-38 in Zootaxa 4244 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/400400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pennellidae
Genus
Pennella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Siphonostomatoida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Leigh-Sharpe
Species
germonia
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pennella germonia Leigh-Sharpe, 1931 sec. Hogans, 2017

References

  • Kabata, Z. (1979) Parasitic Copepoda of British fishes. Fol. 152. Ray Society, London, 468 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.
  • Walter, T. C. & Boxshall, G. A. (2015) World of copepods database. Genus Pennella. (Copepoda), December 2015; March - April 2016. Available from: http: // www. marinespecies. org / (accessed 9 January 2017)