Copepoda name details
Pennella varians Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
237933 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:237933)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details] 
Taxonomic remark Described from both the copepodid stage recovered from the intermediate host (squid) and the adult female collected from...
Taxonomic remark Described from both the copepodid stage recovered from the intermediate host (squid) and the adult female collected from dolphinfish, Coryphaena sp. in the Atlantic Ocean. There is nothing in the original report which positively proves that the larval form on squid is the same species as the adults found on Coryphaena. Adult specimens of P. varians from Coryphaena exhibited short holdfast horns (Steenstrup & Lutken 1861). Steenstrup & Lutken (1861) found specimens of P. varians in various stages of metamorphosis on the dolphinfish and competently described and figured each. However, they also found adults of P. filosa on the same host species. Pennella varians from the original description was likely a younger female of P. filosa in the midst of development. In all other structural aspects they strongly resemble P. filosa (also frequently found on this host; Wilson 1917; Garcia et al. 2010) in overall size, cephalothoracic papillae, holdfast horn configuration and trunk/ abdomen structure. The adult form of P. varians has not been reported since the original record. As the adult parasite on the definitive host, a phenotype and synonym of P. filosa. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Pennella varians Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=237933 on 2024-04-19
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Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details]
basis of record Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana, available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
additional source Rose, M. & M. Hamon. (1953). A propos de Pennella varians Steenstrup et Lütken, 1861, parasite des branchies de Céphalopodes. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 44:172-183, figs. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana, available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
additional source Rose, M. & M. Hamon. (1953). A propos de Pennella varians Steenstrup et Lütken, 1861, parasite des branchies de Céphalopodes. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 44:172-183, figs. 1-5. [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark Described from both the copepodid stage recovered from the intermediate host (squid) and the adult female collected from dolphinfish, Coryphaena sp. in the Atlantic Ocean. There is nothing in the original report which positively proves that the larval form on squid is the same species as the adults found on Coryphaena. Adult specimens of P. varians from Coryphaena exhibited short holdfast horns (Steenstrup & Lutken 1861). Steenstrup & Lutken (1861) found specimens of P. varians in various stages of metamorphosis on the dolphinfish and competently described and figured each. However, they also found adults of P. filosa on the same host species. Pennella varians from the original description was likely a younger female of P. filosa in the midst of development. In all other structural aspects they strongly resemble P. filosa (also frequently found on this host; Wilson 1917; Garcia et al. 2010) in overall size, cephalothoracic papillae, holdfast horn configuration and trunk/ abdomen structure. The adult form of P. varians has not been reported since the original record. As the adult parasite on the definitive host, a phenotype and synonym of P. filosa. [details]