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 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)
- 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 Lerneocera Blainville, 1822 accepted as Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- 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 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 accepted as Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Taphrobia Cornalia, 1875 accepted as Peroderma Heller, 1865 (synonym)
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 2025-12-16
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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 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
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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 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 Nagasawa, K. & D. Uyeno. (2014). A checklist of copepods of the family Pennellidae (Siphonostomatoida) from fishes and whales in Japanese waters (1916-2014). <em>Journal of the Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University.</em> 53:43-71. [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]additional source Nagasawa, K. & D. Uyeno. (2014). A checklist of copepods of the family Pennellidae (Siphonostomatoida) from fishes and whales in Japanese waters (1916-2014). <em>Journal of the Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University.</em> 53:43-71. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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