WoRMS name details
Pennella balaenopterae Koren & Danielssen, 1877
157787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157787)
unaccepted (spelling)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Koren, J. & D.C. Danielssen. (1877). En ny Art af Slaegten Pennella. [A new species of the genus Penella]. <em>Fauna Littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 3:157-163, pl.16, figs.1-9. [details] 
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pennella balaenopterae Koren & Danielssen, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157787 on 2025-07-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Koren, J. & D.C. Danielssen. (1877). En ny Art af Slaegten Pennella. [A new species of the genus Penella]. <em>Fauna Littoralis Norvegiae.</em> 3:157-163, pl.16, figs.1-9. [details]
basis of record Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> Report no. 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> Report no. 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Kamegaya, R. (1963). On two species of Pennella (parasitic copepod) exhibited in the Meguro Parasitological Museum. Researches on Crustacea, Tokyo 1:70-72, figs. 1-3. (xi-1963, Japanese.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Anthony, R. & L. Calvet. (1905). Note sur les Penella balaenopterae (K. & D.) recueillies sur le Balaenoptera physalus (Linn.) de Cette (Octobre 1904). [Note on Penella balaenopterae (K. & D.) collected from Balaenoptera physalus (Linn.) from Cette (October 1904).]. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 11:198-200. [details]
additional source Raga, J.A. & C. Sanpera. (1986). Ectoparásitos y epizoítos de Balaenoptera physalus (L., 1758) en aguas atlánticas ibéricas. [Ectoparasites and epizoites of Balaenoptera physalus (L., 1758) in Iberian Atlantic waters.]. <em>Investigación Pesquera, Barcelona.</em> 50(4):489-498. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Turner, W. (1905). VIII. On Pennella balaenopterae: a crustacean, parasitic on a Finner Whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 41(2)18:409-434, pls.1-4. [details]
additional source Vecchione, A. & J.F. Aznar. (2014). The mesoparasitic copepod Pennella balaenopterae and its significance as a visible indicator of health status in dolphins (Delphinidae): a review. Journal of Marine Animals and their Ecology, 7(1):4-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Anthony, R. & L. Calvet. (1905). Note sur les Penella balaenopterae (K. & D.) recueillies sur le Balaenoptera physalus (Linn.) de Cette (Octobre 1904). [Note on Penella balaenopterae (K. & D.) collected from Balaenoptera physalus (Linn.) from Cette (October 1904).]. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 11:198-200. [details]
additional source Raga, J.A. & C. Sanpera. (1986). Ectoparásitos y epizoítos de Balaenoptera physalus (L., 1758) en aguas atlánticas ibéricas. [Ectoparasites and epizoites of Balaenoptera physalus (L., 1758) in Iberian Atlantic waters.]. <em>Investigación Pesquera, Barcelona.</em> 50(4):489-498. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Turner, W. (1905). VIII. On Pennella balaenopterae: a crustacean, parasitic on a Finner Whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 41(2)18:409-434, pls.1-4. [details]
additional source Vecchione, A. & J.F. Aznar. (2014). The mesoparasitic copepod Pennella balaenopterae and its significance as a visible indicator of health status in dolphins (Delphinidae): a review. Journal of Marine Animals and their Ecology, 7(1):4-11. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
