WoRMS taxon details
Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835
135532 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135532)
accepted
Family
Lernaeenicinae Wilson C.B., 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeoceridae Pillai, 1985 · unaccepted (All species listed under...)
All species listed under Lernaeoceridae by Pillai (1985) are valid members of Pennellidae.
Lernaeocerinae Wilson C.B., 1917 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pennellinae Wilson C.B., 1917 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Pennillidae Burmeister, 1835 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Perodermatidae Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pontopsyllidae Scott T., 1894 · unaccepted
- Genus Allotrifur Yamaguti, 1963
- Genus Cardiodectes Wilson C.B., 1917
- Genus Creopelates Shiino, 1958
- Genus Exopenna Boxshall, 1986
- Genus Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
- Genus Impexus Kabata, 1972
- Genus Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824
- Genus Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822
- Genus Lernaeolophus Heller, 1865
- Genus Metapeniculus Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1985
- Genus Nagasawanus Uyeno, 2015
- Genus Ophiolernaea Shiino, 1958
- Genus Parinia Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977
- Genus Peniculisa Wilson C.B., 1917
- Genus Peniculus von Nordmann, 1832
- Genus Pennella Oken, 1815
- Genus Peroderma Heller, 1865
- Genus Phrixocephalus Wilson C.B., 1908
- Genus Propeniculus Castro Romero, 2014
- Genus Protosarcotretes Ohtsuka, Lindsay & Izawa, 2018
- Genus Pseudopeniculus Castro Romero, 2014
- Genus Pseudosarcotretes Yumura, Nishikawa & Ohtsuka, 2024
- Genus Sarcotretes Jungersen, 1911
- Genus Serpentisaccus Blasiola, 1979
- Genus Trifur Wilson C.B., 1917
- Genus Baculus Lubbock, 1860 accepted as Pennella Oken, 1815 (synonym)
- Genus Carcinium Meyen, 1834 accepted as Sapphirina Thompson J.V., 1829 (synonym)
- Genus Collipravus Wilson C.B., 1917 accepted as Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
- Genus Foroculum Thompson W., 1844 accepted as Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824 (synonym)
- Genus Haemobaphoides Scott T. & Scott A., 1913 accepted as Haemobaphes Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861 (synonym)
- Genus Hessella Brady, 1883 accepted as Pennella Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Lernaeenicinae Wilson C.B., 1917 accepted as Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Lernaeocerinae Wilson C.B., 1917 accepted as Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Lernaeonema Milne Edwards H., 1840 accepted as Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824 (synonym)
- Genus Lernaeopenna Blainville, 1822 accepted as Pennella Oken, 1815 (synonymy)
- Genus Lerneoceropsis Fowler, 1912 accepted as Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824 (synonym)
- Genus Lerneopenna Blainville, 1822 accepted as Pennella Oken, 1815 (synonym)
- Genus Penella (Oken, 1816) Quidor, 1913 accepted as Pennella Oken, 1815
- Genus Penicillus Kumar & Hameed, 1993 accepted as Pennella Oken, 1815 (pre-occupied name for a Mollusk)
- Subfamily Pennellinae Wilson C.B., 1917 accepted as Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Phrixocephaloides Yamaguti, 1963 accepted as Phrixocephalus Wilson C.B., 1908 (synonym)
- Genus Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 accepted as Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822 (synonym)
- Genus Taphrobia Cornalia, 1875 accepted as Peroderma Heller, 1865 (synonym)
- Genus Pontopsyllus Scott T., 1894 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Pseudulus von Nordmann, 1864 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, A genus inquirendum possibly a pennellid according to Kabata, 1979)
marine, brackish, fresh
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135532 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details]
original description (of Pennillidae Burmeister, 1835) Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details]
original description (of Pennillidae Burmeister, 1835) Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).
page(s): 805 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Pontopsyllidae Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Additions to the fauna of the Firth of Forth. Part VI. <em>Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland.</em> 12(3):231-271, pls. 5-10. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Perodermatidae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.
page(s): 210 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lernaeenicinae Wilson C.B., 1917) 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). [details]
original description (of Lernaeocerinae Wilson C.B., 1917) 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). [details]
original description (of Pennellinae Wilson C.B., 1917) 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): 103-104 [details]
original description (of Lernaeoceridae Pillai, 1985) Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 715 [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]
original description (of Pennillidae Burmeister, 1835) Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details]
original description (of Pennillidae Burmeister, 1835) Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).
page(s): 805 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pontopsyllidae Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Additions to the fauna of the Firth of Forth. Part VI. <em>Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland.</em> 12(3):231-271, pls. 5-10. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Perodermatidae Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls.
page(s): 210 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lernaeenicinae Wilson C.B., 1917) 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). [details]
original description (of Lernaeocerinae Wilson C.B., 1917) 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). [details]
original description (of Pennellinae Wilson C.B., 1917) 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): 103-104 [details]
original description (of Lernaeoceridae Pillai, 1985) Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 715 [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]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Iannacone, J., Alvarino, L. (2009). Quantitative aspects on the parasite fauna of Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi) (Osteichthyes, Haemulidae) captured during artisanal fishery at Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. <em>Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitologia.</em> 1: 56–64. [details]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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