Pennella plumosa Dekay 1844

Pennella plumosa (Dekay, 1844) Not valid. Described from a damaged specimen from Diodon pilosus (= D. holocanthus) (Dekay 1844). Wilson (1917) considered P. plumosa to be a synonym of P. sagitta, but this species does not parasitize Diodon. The brief description of the incomplete parasite indicates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hogans, W. E.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Siphonostomatoida
Pennellidae
Pennella
Pennella plumosa
Northwest Atlantic
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6052581
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6052581
Description
Summary:Pennella plumosa (Dekay, 1844) Not valid. Described from a damaged specimen from Diodon pilosus (= D. holocanthus) (Dekay 1844). Wilson (1917) considered P. plumosa to be a synonym of P. sagitta, but this species does not parasitize Diodon. The brief description of the incomplete parasite indicates that the specimen is likely P. diodontis. Considered herein a synonym of P. diodontis. 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 28, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/400400

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