Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Pennellidae

Pennella Oken, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pennella balaenoptera Koren & Danielssen, 1877
Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒジキムシ属

Literature

original description	Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates].
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Rose, M. (1943). II. Description d'un mâle du genre Pennella Oken, 1815. [II. Description of a male of the genus Pennella Oken, 1815.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 83(1):22-33.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary).
additional source	Mugetti, D., E. Colombino, V. Menconi, F. Garibaldi, W. Mignone, A. Gustinelli, M. Prearo, F. Guarda & M.T. Capucchio. (2021). Unusual localization of Pennella sp. in swordfish (Xiphias gladius) hearts. Animals. 11(6):1-5. Jun 2021.
additional source	Suyama, S., Y. Masuda, T. Yanagimoto & S. Chow. (2019). Genetic and morphological variation in Pennella sp. (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) collected from Pacific saury, Cololabis saira. Marine Biodiversity, 49(3):1233-1245.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917).
additional source	Fage, L. (1931). Remarques sur le parasitisme des Copépodes du genre Penella. [Remarks on the parasitism of copepods of the genus Penella.]. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 56:190-193.
additional source	Suyama, S., T. Yanagimoto, K. Nakai, T. Tamura, K. Shiozaki, S. Ohsimo & S. Chow. (2021). A taxonomic revision of Pennella Oken, 1815 based on morphology and genetics (Copepods: Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 41(3):1-12.
additional source	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
additional source	Heldt, J.H. (1952). Note sur un male de Pennella (Copépoda parasite). Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie. 5:169-170.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Quidor, A. (1913). Copépodes Parasites. In: Deuxième Expédition Antarctique Français (1908-1910). Sciences Naturelles, Documents Scientifiques. (1908-1910): 197-214, pls. 1-4.
additional source	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. Zootaxa, 4244(1):1-38.
additional source	Lutken, C.F. (1893). Slaegten Baculus Lubbock, et Udviklingstrin af Pennella. [The genus Baculus Lubbock, a developmental stage of Pennella.]. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen. (5)4:73-76.
additional source	Rose, M. (1941). Sur le mâle de Pennella. Copépode marin parasite des Poissons et des Cétacés. [On the male of Pennella. Marine copepod parasitic on fish and cetaceans. Comptes Rendus des Séances de la Société de Biologie, Paris. 135(17-18):1478-1479.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pennella Oken, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135648