Peniculus minuticaudae explained
Peniculus minuticaudae is a species of parasitic pennellid copepod. It is known from the northeast Pacific Ocean. It was originally described in 1956,[1] redescribed in 2012,[2] and its complete life cycle has been elucidated on the cultured threadsail filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer in 2013.[3]
Notes and References
- Shiino . SM . 1956 . Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 7. Peniculus and Peniculisa . Japanese Journal of Zoology . 11 . 593–608 .
- Venmathi Maran. B. A.. Moon. Seong Yong. Oh. Sung-Yong. Soh. Ho Young. Myoung. Jung-Goo. Redescription of two pennellids (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from Korea with a key to species of Peniculus von Nordmann, 1832. ZooKeys. 243. 2012. 1–14 . 10.3897/zookeys.243.3668. 3552349. 23372416. free.
- Ismail. Norshida. Ohtsuka. Susumu. Venmathi Maran. Balu Alagar. Tasumi. Satoshi. Zaleha. Kassim. Yamashita. Hirofumi. Complete life cycle of a pennellid Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) infecting cultured threadsail filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer. Parasite. 20. 2013. 42 . 10.1051/parasite/2013041. 3813946. 24165196.