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
Author
Hogans, W. E.
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1
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Pennella makaira
Hogans, 1988
(
Fig. 14
)
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.