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 filosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Pennatula Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pennella*	Oken, 1815	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: マグロヒジキムシ

Literature

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	Hogans, W.E. (1986). Occurrence of Pennella filosa (Copepoda: Pennellidae) on the Minke Whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, from the Bay of Fundy. Canadian Field-Naturalist, Ottawa 100(3):373-375.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Atria, G. (1967). Un ectoparásito del pez luna (Mola ramsayi, Giglioli). Pennella cf. filosa L. (Crustacea, Copepoda). [An ectoparasite of the moonfish (Mola ramsayi, Giglioli). Pennella cf. filosa L. (Crustacea, Copepoda).]. Noticiario Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile. 11(131):3-5, fig. 1. (vi-1967).
additional source	Tuncer, S., E.S. Celik & A. Öktener. (2010). Pennella filosa (L., 1758) (Copepoda: Pennellidae) on greater amberjack Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810) from Turkey. Electronic Journal of Ichthyology 6(2):27-30.
additional source	Hogans, W.E. (1987). Description of Pennella filosa L. (Copepoda: Pennellidae) on the ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) in the Bay of Fundy. Bulletin of Marine Science 40(1):56-62, figs. 1-8. (i.1987)
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
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	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Thompson, M.T. (1905). Immature specimens of Pennella filosa. Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole. 8(5):296-307, figs. 1-6. (iv-1905).
additional source	Hogans, W.E. (1987). Morphological variation in Pennella balaeonoptera and P. filosa (Copepoda: Pennellidae) with a review of the genus Pennella Oken, 1816 parasitic on Cetacea. Bulletin of Marine Science 40(3):442-453, figs. 1-21.
additional source	Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2028:1-6.
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	Brian, A. (1908). Note préliminaire sur les Copépodes parasites des poissons provenant des campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince Albert Ier de Monaco ou déposés dans les collections du Musée Océanographique. [Preliminary note on parasitic copepods of fish from the scientific campaigns of HSH Prince Albert I of Monaco or deposited in the collections of the Oceanographic Museum.]. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique Monaco. 110:1-19, figs. 1-7. (31-i-1908).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Delamare Deboutteville, C. & L.P. Nunes-Ruivo. (1954). Copépodes parasites des poissons Méditerranéens (3e série). [Copepod parasites of Mediterranean fish (3rd series).]. Vie et Milieu. 4(2):201-218, figs. 1-9.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:135999