Pennella makaira Hogans, 1988

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), pp. 1-38 : 25

Pennella makaira Hogans, 1988

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Synonyms. None

Type host and locality. Makaira nigricans, Caribbean Sea.

Morphology. Size: 27–29 mm. Papillae: full coverage, spherical, clavate and tubiform, simple branching; unorganized arrangement. Holdfasts: two only, short. First antenna with three segments, second with two segments. Plumes: simple, single or double.

Remarks. A valid species. Found so far only on blue marlin ( M. nigricans ) in the south Atlantic ( Hogans 1988c; Williams & Bunkley-Williams 1996). A small species with a unique overall shape and uniform papillae structure between specimens. The only small (<50 mm) Pennella known to infest large scombriform fishes.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Pennella makaira, a. habitus, lateral; b. cephalothorax, ventral; c. first antenna, dorsal; d. terminal segment, second antenna, dorsal; e. abdominal plumes (redrawn from Hogans 1988 c). Scale bars: a = 3.0 mm; b = 1.0 mm; c, d = 0.02 mm; e = 0.5 mm.