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

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Author: HOGANS, W. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2017
• Subjects: Crustacea; review; parasite; Copepoda; Pennella; Holdfast; Koren; Northwest Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4244.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1

The genus Pennella Oken, 1816, mesoparasitic copepods from marine fish and mammals, is reviewed with the objective of determining the validity of members of the genus. Details of the external morphological structures of the adult female are presented. Pennella species are differentiated based on a c...