Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepods. When anchored on a host, they have a portion of the body on the outside of the host, whereas the remaining anterior part of the parasite is hidden inside tissues of the host.
Genera
There are 24 genera:
- Allotrifur <small>Yamaguti, 1963</small>
- Cardiodectes <small>C. B. Wilson, 1917</small>
- Creopelates <small>Shiino, 1958</small>
- Exopenna <small>Boxshall, 1986</small>
- Haemobaphes <small>Steenstrup & Lutken, 1861</small>
- Impexus <small>Kabata, 1972</small>
- Lernaeenicus <small>C. B. Wilson, 1932</small>
- Lernaeocera <small>Blainville, 1822</small>
- Lernaeolophus <small>Heller, 1865</small>
- Metapeniculus <small>Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kurok, 1985</small>
- Nagasawanus <small>Uyeno, 2015</small>
- Ophiolernaea <small>Shiino, 1958</small>
- Parinia <small>Kazachenko & Avdeev, 1977</small>
- Peniculisa <small>C. B. Wilson, 1917</small>
- Peniculus <small>von Nordmann, 1832</small>
- Pennella <small>Oken, 1816</small>
- Peroderma <small>Heller, 1865</small>
- Phrixocephalus <small>C. B. Wilson, 1908</small>
- Propeniculus <small>Castro Romero, 2014</small>
- Protosarcotretes <small>Ohtsuka, Lindsay & Izawa, 2018</small>
- Pseudopeniculus <small>Castro Romero, 2014</small>
- Sarcotretes <small>Jungersen, 1911</small>
- Serpentisaccus <small>Blasiola, 1979</small>
- Trifur <small>C. B. Wilson, 1917</small>
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