Pennella filosa Linnaeus 1758 ...

• Main Author: Hogans, W. E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Siphonostomatoida; Pennellidae; Pennella; Pennella filosa; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6052542; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6052542

Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 2, 10) Synonyms. Pennella biloba Kirtisinghe, 1932, P. crassicornis Steeenstrup & Lutken, 1861, P. germonia Leigh- Sharpe, 1931, P. germonia fagei Poisson & Razet, 1954, P. histiophori Thomson, 1889, P. orthogorisci Wright. 1877, P. pustulosa Baird, 1850, P. rubra Brian, 1906, P. tridentate Listowsky, 1893, P. varians Steenstrup & Lutken, 1861 Type host and locality. Xiphias gladius, Atlantic Ocean. Morphology. Size: 165–205 mm. Papillae: full or partial coverage, generally spherical, variable in size and shape, not found in organized groups. Holdfasts: two or three, laterals can be short or long; dorsal horn, when present, shorter. First antenna with three segments, second with two segments. Plumes: dendritic, complex branching. Remarks. A valid species. The most frequently documented species of Pennella, P. filosa is also the most recognized species due to its common occurrence on commercially-important fish hosts. It is a large parasite of low host ... : 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 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/400400 ...