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WoRMS taxon detailsPennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
 135999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135999)
accepted
Species
Lernaea cirrhosa de la Martinière, 1787 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pennatula filosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pennella crassicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym according to Hogans (1987))
Pennella germonia Leigh-Sharpe, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym )
Pennella germonia fagei Poisson & Razet, 1954 · unaccepted (synonym )
Pennella histiophori Thomson G.M., 1890 · unaccepted (Probable synonym according to...)
Probable synonym according to Hogans (1988) Pennella orthagorisci Wright E.P., 1870 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pennella pustulosa Baird, in Angas, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (according to Hogans (1988))
Pennella rubra Brian, 1906 · unaccepted (Brian (1912) re-evaluated the...)
Brian (1912) re-evaluated the original designation and considered his P. rubra a synonym of P. filosa (Wilson 1917) Pennella tridentata Listowsky, 1892 · unaccepted
Pennella varians Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 · unaccepted
marine,
(of Pennatula filosa Linnaeus, 1758) 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
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Distribution widespread in the Atlantic and Pacific
Distribution widespread in the Atlantic and Pacific [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135999 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Pennella crassicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details]  original description (of Pennella histiophori Thomson G.M., 1890) Thomson, G.M. (1890). Parasitic Copepoda of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 22(2)5:353-376, pls. 25-29. (v-1890). [for 1889]. [details] original description (of Pennella varians Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details] original description (of Pennella germonia Leigh-Sharpe, 1931) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1931). Pennella germonia n. sp. A parasitic copepod of Germo alatunga. Parasitology, Cambridge 23(1):109-111, fig. 1. (31-i-1931) [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Pennella orthagorisci Wright E.P., 1870) Wright, E.P. (1870). On a new species of the genus Pennella. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)5:43-47, pl. 1. (i-1870) [details] original description (of Pennella rubra Brian, 1906) Brian, A. (1906). Copepodi parassiti dei Pesci d'Italia. [Copepods parasitic on Italian fish.]. <em>Stab. Tipo-Litografico R. Istituto Sordomuti, Genova, Publishers.</em> 1-191, figs. 1-4, pls. 1-21. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 86 [details] original description (of Pennella tridentata Listowsky, 1892) Listowsky, E. (1892). Penella tridentata, novyi vid' paraziticheskykh' rakoobrazhnykh'. Penella tridentata, neuer Art der parasitirenden Crustaceen. [Penella tridentata, a new species of parasitic crustaceans.]. <em>Trudy Obshch. Estestv. Imprerial Kazakhstan. University.</em> 25(2):1-19, pl.1. (Russian). [details] original description (of Lernaea cirrhosa de la Martinière, 1787) de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531 page(s): plate 2, fig. 6 [details] original description (of Pennella pustulosa Baird, in Angas, 1847) Angas, G.F. (1847). On a new species of Penella. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 19:280. (iv-1847). [details] original description (of Pennella germonia fagei Poisson & Razet, 1954) Poisson, R.A. & P. Razet. (1954). A propos des Pennelles (Crustacés Copépodes) parasites des germons: Pennella germonia fagei nov. subsp. [About Pennella (Crustacea Copepods) parasites of albacore: Pennella germonia fagei nov. subsp.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série II, Zoologie et Biologie Animale.</em> (11)15(3-4):397-403, figs. 1-4. (v-1954) [for 1953]. [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Pennatula filosa Linnaeus, 1758) 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 [request]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 IMIS) [details] Otheradditional 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 IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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] 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 [request]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 [request]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 [request]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 [request]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 [request]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] 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 [request]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 [request]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 [request]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 [request]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 [request]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] 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 [request]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 [request]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 IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution widespread in the Atlantic and Pacific [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Pennella orthagorisci Wright E.P., 1870) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Pennella crassicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pennella filosa) To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pennella varians Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pennatula filosa Linnaeus, 1758) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pennella histiophori Thomson G.M., 1890) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pennella germonia Leigh-Sharpe, 1931) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pennella crassicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (20 records) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records) (from synonym Pennella orthagorisci Wright E.P., 1870) To ITIS |
