Peniculus minuticaudae
Peniculus minuticaudae is a species of parasitic pennellid copepod. It has been 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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Hexanauplia |
| Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
| Family: | Pennellidae |
| Genus: | Peniculus |
| Species: | P. minuticaudae |
| Binomial name | |
| Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956 | |
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 (2012). "Redescription of two Pennellids (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from Korea with a key to species of Peniculus von Nordmann, 1832". ZooKeys. 243: 1–14. doi:10.3897/zookeys.243.3668. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3552349. PMID 23372416.
- Ismail, Norshida; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Venmathi Maran, Balu Alagar; Tasumi, Satoshi; Zaleha, Kassim; Yamashita, Hirofumi (2013). "Complete life cycle of a pennellid Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) infecting cultured threadsail filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer". Parasite. 20: 42. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013041. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 3813946. PMID 24165196.
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