WoRMS taxon details
Pennella diodontis Oken, 1815
354695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354695)
accepted
Species
Pennella cervicornis Heegaard, 1943 · unaccepted (Probable synonym according to...)
Probable synonym according to Hogans (1988)
Pennella plumosa De Kay, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym according to Kabata (1979))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details] 
Taxonomy Pennella Oken, 1815, Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, vol. 3 (Zoologie), part 1, p. 358 (gender: feminine) (type species,...
Taxonomy Pennella Oken, 1815, Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, vol. 3 (Zoologie), part 1, p. 358 (gender: feminine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be valid by monotypy: Pennella diodontis Oken, 1815), ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a rejected work (Copepoda). Opinion 1817 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Pennella diodontis Oken, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354695 on 2026-04-02
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original description
Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 [details]
original description (of Pennella cervicornis Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pennella plumosa De Kay, 1844) De Kay, J.E. (1844). Crustacea. <em>Zoology of New-York.</em> :1-70, pls. 1-12. (parasitic pp.57-60)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2008579
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Pennella cervicornis Heegaard, 1943) Heegaard, P.E. (1943). Parasitic copepods mainly from tropical and antarctic seas. Arkiv för Zoologi (A)34(18):1-37, figs. 1-94. (14-v-1943) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pennella plumosa De Kay, 1844) De Kay, J.E. (1844). Crustacea. <em>Zoology of New-York.</em> :1-70, pls. 1-12. (parasitic pp.57-60)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2008579
page(s): 60 [details]
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additional source
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion. (1995). Clavella Oken, 1815 and Pennella Oken, 1815 (Crustacea, Copepoda): conserved, and Pennella diodontis Oken, 1815: Specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 52(3):279-280. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lazarus, S. & P.V. Sreenivasan. (1980). On a copepod parasite, Pennella diodontis Oken, with epizoic cirripede Conchoderma virgatum Sprengler on a new host Zanclus canascens. Indian Journal of Fisheries 24(1-2):204-206, fig. 1. (ix-1980) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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): 745 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Guérin, F.E. (1829 - 1830). Atlas. Crustacés et Arachnides. <em>In: Duperrey, L. I., Capitaine de Frégate, Chevalier de Saint-Louis et Membre de la Légion D'Honneur, Commandant de l'Expédition, Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, Ministre, de la Marine; et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence Mgr le Cte de Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Zoologie par R.P. Lesson. Arthus Bertrand, Paris,.</em> vol. II(2): i–xii + 9–56 pp.; Atlas (Crustacea): pls. 1–5. [Pls. 1, 3: November or December 1829; pls. 2, 4: before 3 April 1830; pl. 5: 25 November 1830; text: after 15 November 1838.]. [details]
additional source Hogans, W.E. (2017). 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. Zootaxa, 4244(1):1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lazarus, S. & P.V. Sreenivasan. (1980). On a copepod parasite, Pennella diodontis Oken, with epizoic cirripede Conchoderma virgatum Sprengler on a new host Zanclus canascens. Indian Journal of Fisheries 24(1-2):204-206, fig. 1. (ix-1980) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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): 745 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Guérin, F.E. (1829 - 1830). Atlas. Crustacés et Arachnides. <em>In: Duperrey, L. I., Capitaine de Frégate, Chevalier de Saint-Louis et Membre de la Légion D'Honneur, Commandant de l'Expédition, Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, Ministre, de la Marine; et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence Mgr le Cte de Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Zoologie par R.P. Lesson. Arthus Bertrand, Paris,.</em> vol. II(2): i–xii + 9–56 pp.; Atlas (Crustacea): pls. 1–5. [Pls. 1, 3: November or December 1829; pls. 2, 4: before 3 April 1830; pl. 5: 25 November 1830; text: after 15 November 1838.]. [details]
additional source Hogans, W.E. (2017). 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. Zootaxa, 4244(1):1-38., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4244.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomy Pennella Oken, 1815, Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte, vol. 3 (Zoologie), part 1, p. 358 (gender: feminine) (type species, ruled under the plenary power to be valid by monotypy: Pennella diodontis Oken, 1815), ruled under the plenary power to be available despite having been published in a rejected work (Copepoda). Opinion 1817 [details]
