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Pennellidae
Family of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pennellidae is a family of parasitic copepods.[1][3] 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.[3]
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Pennellidae | |
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Lernaeenicus sprattae on host Sprattus sprattus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Siphonostomatoida |
Family: | Pennellidae Burmeister, 1835 |
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