Pennella exocoeti Holten 1802

• Main Author: Hogans, W. E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Maxillopoda; Siphonostomatoida; Pennellidae; Pennella; Pennella exocoeti; Northwest Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6052539; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F777535B67FFEFD6A0F9F073B8F6AF

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). 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 17, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/400400