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

Pennella balaenoptera Koren & Danielssen, 1877

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pennella*	Oken, 1815	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クジラヒジキムシ

Literature

original description	Koren, J. & D.C. Danielssen. (1877). En ny Art af Slaegten Pennella. [A new species of the genus Penella]. Fauna Littoralis Norvegiae. 3:157-163, pl.16, figs.1-9.
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	Ciçek, E., A. Öktener & O.B. Capar. (2007). First report of Pennella balaenopterae Koren and Danielssen, 1877 (Copepoda: Pennelidae) from Turkey. Turkiye Parazitolojii Dergisi 31(3):239-241.
additional source	Chaieb, O., S. Ten & F.J. Aznar. (2024). Pennella balaenoptera actively select injured cetacean skin as attachment sites, making them potentially useful forensic tags. Diseases Of Aquatic Organisms. 158:195-200. Jun 2024.
additional source	Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum. 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955).
additional source	Abaunza, P., N.L. Arroyo & I. Preciado. (2001). A contribution to the knowledge of the morphometry ad the anatomical characters of Pennella balaenopterae (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae), with special reference to the buccal complex. Crustaceana, Leiden 74(2):193-210.
additional source	Quidor, A. (1910). Note préliminaire sur Penella balaenopterae (Koren et Danielsen). [Preliminary note on Penella balaenopterae (Koren and Danielsen).]. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 16:97-98.
additional source	Vella, A. & N. Vella. (2024). The First Report of Pennella (Crustacea: Copepoda) Infesting Stenella coeruleoalba Stranded in Malta: Morphological and Genetic Analyses. Animals. 14(7):1-9. Apr 2024.
additional source	Arroyo, N.L., P. Abaunza & I. Preciado. (2002). The first naupliar stage of Pennella balaenopterae Koren and Danielssen, 1877 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae). Sarsia 87(5): 333-337
additional source	Zeng, Q.H. & Y.J. Lin. (2023). New records of parasitic copepod (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae) found on the body surface of two cetacean species in China. Biodiversity Data Journal. 11:1-11. e98914 . Feb 2023.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pennella balaenoptera Koren & Danielssen, 1877. 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:135998