New records of parasitic copepod (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae) found on the body surface of two cetacean species in China

• Main Authors: Zeng, Qianhui, Lin, Yejie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023
• Subjects: Biota; Animalia; Arthropoda; Copepoda; Neocopepoda; Podoplea; Siphonostomatoida; Pennellidae; new distribution; taxonomy; cetacean external parasites; Pennella; Koren; Sperm whale; Copepods
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/7664043; https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e98914

Pennella balaenoptera Koren & Danielssen, 1877 (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae) is so far known as the largest copepod species and has only been found as a parasite on marine mammals. Previous studies on parasitic copepods in China only focused on those found on economic fishes, no re...