Pennella instructa [Pennella instructa]
Description
Pennella instructa is a parasitic copepod known to infest large pelagic fish such as swordfish. Adult females can grow up to 44 mm in length, with a slender body, a piercing proboscis, and two types of holdfast appendages. Males are not usually observed.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Copepods
Copepoda
|
| Order |
Cyclopoida
Cyclopoida
|
| Family |
Lernaeidae
Lernaeidae
|
| Genus |
Pennella
Pennella
|