Biology:Peniculus (crustacean)
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Short description: Genus of copepods
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
There are 11 recognized species:[1]
- Peniculus calamus Nordmann, 1864
- Kröyer, 1863 Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
- Shiino, 1956 Peniculus ostraciontis
- Peniculus elongatus Yamaguti, 1939
- Peniculus communis Boxshall, 1986
- Moon & Choi, 2014 Peniculus truncatus
- Peniculus fistula Shiino, 1956
- Peniculus clavatus Leigh-Sharpe, 1934
- Nordmann, 1832 Peniculus hokutoae
- Peniculus elegans Ohtsuka, Nishikawa & Boxshall, 2018
- Peniculus quadratus Peniculus minuticaudae
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Peniculus Nordmann, 1832". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. 2021. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135647.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q4282218 entry
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