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Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pennella filosa from Brian, A 1906
Pennella filosa from Brian, A 1906

135999  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135999)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135999 on 2026-02-05
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/10.1017/images/marks/images/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135999 on 2026-02-05
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff

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original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in RoR) [details] 

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917).
page(s): 119-122 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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).]. <em>Noticiario Mensual del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile.</em> 11(131):3-5, fig. 1. (vi-1967). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> Report no. 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hogans, W.E., J. Brattey & T.R. Hurlbut. (1985). Pennella filosa and Pennella instructa (Copepoda: Pennellidae) on swordfish (Xiphias gladius L.) from the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Parasitology 71(1):111-112. (ii-1985) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Benz, G.W. & W.E. Hogans. (1993). Pennella filosa (L., 1758) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from the escolar Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1849) in the north-west Atlantic. Systematic Parasitology 26(2):127-131. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique Monaco.</em> 110:1-19, figs. 1-7. (31-i-1908). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Delamare Deboutteville, C. & L.P. Nunes-Ruivo. (1954). Copépodes parasites des poissons Méditerranéens (3e série). [Copepod parasites of Mediterranean fish (3rd series).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 4(2):201-218, figs. 1-9. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ho, J.S. & K. Nagasawa. (2001). New records of parasitic Copepoda from the offshore pelagic fishes of Japan. Bulletin of the National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Shizuoka 38:1-5. (iii.2001) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pollock, C.M. (1994). Pennella filosa (Copepoda) parasitic on albacore tuna, sunfish and swordfish. Irish Naturalists' Journal 24(11):473-474. [details] 

additional source Thompson, M.T. (1905). Immature specimens of Pennella filosa. <em>Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole.</em> 8(5):296-307, figs. 1-6. (iv-1905). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Mladineo, I. (2006). Check list of the parasitofauna in Adriatic Sea cage-reared fish. <em>Acta Veterinaria (Beograd).</em> 56(2-3):285-292. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hernandez-Trujillo, S., R. Funes-Rodriguez, R. Gonzalez-Armas & S. Ortega-Garcia. (2014). New record of the mesoparasitic copepod Pennella filosa (L., 1758) on striped marlin Kajikia audax, (Collette, 2006) from Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Journal Of Applied Ichthyology, 30(5):1028-1030., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jai.12349 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Román-Reyes José, C., S. Ortega-García, F. Galván-Magaña & M.I. Grano-Maldonado. (2019). First record of Pennella filosa L. (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae) parasitising the yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) from the Mexican Pacific coast. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 41(3):1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab040 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pennella filosa) 
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