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Peniculus (crustacean)
Genus of copepods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peniculus is a genus of marine copepods in the family Pennellidae.[1] They occur worldwide and typically parasitize coastal or epipelagic fish, with the exception of Peniculus hokutoae that was found parasitizing a mesopelagic myctophid, Symbolophorus evermanni.[2]
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Peniculus hokutoae attached to its host | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Pennellidae |
Genus: | Peniculus von Nordmann, 1832 |
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