Pennella germonia subsp. fagei Poisson & Razet 1954

Pennella germonia fagei Poisson & Razet, 1954 Not valid. Described from Thunnus alalonga; no locality, but probably Mediterranean. An apparent sub-species of P. germonia (determined to be synonymous with P. filosa (Hogans 1988a). There is nothing within the original description which differentia...

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Main Author: Hogans, W. E.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6052547
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6052547
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Summary:Pennella germonia fagei Poisson & Razet, 1954 Not valid. Described from Thunnus alalonga; no locality, but probably Mediterranean. An apparent sub-species of P. germonia (determined to be synonymous with P. filosa (Hogans 1988a). There is nothing within the original description which differentiates this “sub-species” from P. filosa. A variable form and synonym of P. filosa (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 21, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/400400