Peniculus (crustacean)
Appearance
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Peniculus hokutoae attached to its host | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Pennellidae |
Genus: | Peniculus von Nordmann, 1832 |
Peniculus is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae.[1] They occur worldwide and typically parasitize coastal or epipelagic fish, with the exception of Peniculus hokutoae that was found parasitizing a mesopelagic myctophid, Symbolophorus evermanni.[2]
Species
[edit]There are 11 recognized species:[1]
- Peniculus calamus Nordmann, 1864
- Peniculus clavatus Kröyer, 1863
- Peniculus communis Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
- Peniculus elegans Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
- Peniculus elongatus Boxshall, 1986
- Peniculus fistula Nordmann, 1832
- Peniculus hokutoae Ohtsuka, Nishikawa & Boxshall, 2018
- Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956
- Peniculus ostraciontis Yamaguti, 1939
- Peniculus quadratus Moon & Choi, 2014
- Peniculus truncatus Shiino, 1956
References
[edit]- ^ a b Walter TC, Boxshall G, eds. (2021). "Peniculus Nordmann, 1832". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ Ohtsuka, Susumu; Nishikawa, Jun & Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2018). "A new species of Peniculus (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing mesopelagic myctophid fish: first discovery of colonization of the genus in deep water". Parasite. 25: 58. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018057. PMC 6254144.