Pennella makaira Hogans, 1988

Hogans, W. E., 2017, Review of Pennella Oken, 1816 (Copepoda: Pennellidae) with a description of Pennella benzi sp. nov., a parasite of Escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Pisces) in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 4244 (1), pp. 1-38 : 25

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1

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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:781D71C8-4632-4D1B-8D82-F77CA1146029

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6052573

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F77753-5B6F-FFE7-D6A0-FA027574F65C

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Plazi

scientific name

Pennella makaira Hogans, 1988
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Pennella makaira Hogans, 1988

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Synonyms. None

Type host and locality. Makaira nigricans, Caribbean Sea.

Morphology. Size: 27–29 mm. Papillae: full coverage, spherical, clavate and tubiform, simple branching; unorganized arrangement. Holdfasts: two only, short. First antenna with three segments, second with two segments. Plumes: simple, single or double.

Remarks. A valid species. Found so far only on blue marlin ( M. nigricans ) in the south Atlantic ( Hogans 1988c; Williams & Bunkley-Williams 1996). A small species with a unique overall shape and uniform papillae structure between specimens. The only small (<50 mm) Pennella known to infest large scombriform fishes.

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