Pennellidae is a family of parasitic

copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...

s. When anchored on a host, they have a portion of the body on the outside of the host, whereas the remaining anterior part of the parasite is hidden inside tissues of the host.

Genera

There are 24 genera: *'' Allotrifur'' Yamaguti, 1963 *''

Cardiodectes ''Cardiodectes'' is a genus of copepods in the family Pennellidae Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some ...

'' C. B. Wilson, 1917 *'' Creopelates'' Shiino, 1958 *'' Exopenna'' Boxshall, 1986 *'' Haemobaphes'' Steenstrup & Lutken, 1861 *'' Impexus'' Kabata, 1972 *'' Lernaeenicus'' C. B. Wilson, 1932 *''

Lernaeocera ''Lernaeocera'' is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. ...

'' Blainville, 1822 *'' Lernaeolophus'' Heller, 1865 *'' Metapeniculus'' Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1985 *'' Nagasawanus'' Uyeno, 2015 *'' Ophiolernaea'' Shiino, 1958 *'' Parinia'' Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977 *''

Peniculisa ''Peniculisa'' is a genus of marine parasitic copepods in the family Pennellidae. Biology Organisms from this genus are often found attached to the bodies and fins of fishes in the South Pacific and Indian oceans. Individual fishes have been rep ...

'' C. B. Wilson, 1917 *'' Peniculus'' von Nordmann, 1832 *''

Pennella ''Pennella'' is a genus of large copepods which are common parasites of large pelagic fishes. They begin their life cycle as a series of free-swimming planktonic larvae. The females metamorphose into a parasitic stage when they attach to a host a ...

'' Oken, 1816 *'' Peroderma'' Heller, 1865 *'' Phrixocephalus'' C. B. Wilson, 1908 *'' Propeniculus'' Castro Romero, 2014 *''

Protosarcotretes ''Protosarcotretes'' is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habi ...

'' Ohtsuka, Lindsay & Izawa, 2018 *'' Pseudopeniculus'' Castro Romero, 2014 *'' Sarcotretes'' Jungersen, 1911 *'' Serpentisaccus'' Blasiola, 1979 *'' Trifur'' C. B. Wilson, 1917

References

Siphonostomatoida Crustacean families Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister {{copepod-stub