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Pennella filosa, Print, Pennella is a genus of large copepods which are common parasites of large pelagic fishes. They begin their life cycle as a series of free-swimming planktonic larvae. The females metamorphose into a parasitic stage when they attach to a host and enter into its skin. The males are free swimming. Due to their large size and mesoparasitic life history there have been a number of studies of Pennella, the members of which are among the largest of the parasitic Copepoda. All species are found as adults buried into the flesh of marine bony fish, except for a single species, Pennella balaenopterae which can be found in the muscles and blubber of cetaceans and occasionally other marine mammals, and is the largest species of copepod.

Pennella filosa, Print, Pennella is a genus of large copepods which are common parasites of large pelagic fishes. They begin their life cycle as a series of free-swimming planktonic larvae. The females metamorphose into a parasitic stage when they attach to a host and enter into its skin. The males are free swimming. Due to their large size and mesoparasitic life history there have been a number of studies of Pennella, the members of which are among the largest of the parasitic Copepoda. All species are found as adults buried into the flesh of marine bony fish, except for a single species, Pennella balaenopterae which can be found in the muscles and blubber of cetaceans and occasionally other marine mammals, and is the largest species of copepod.
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Caption: Pennella filosa, Print, Pennella is a genus of large copepods which are common parasites of large pelagic fishes. They begin their life cycle as a series of free-swimming planktonic larvae. The females metamorphose into a parasitic stage when they attach to a host and enter into its skin. The males are free swimming. Due to their large size and mesoparasitic life history there have been a number of studies of Pennella, the members of which are among the largest of the parasitic Copepoda. All species are found as adults buried into the flesh of marine bony fish, except for a single species, Pennella balaenopterae which can be found in the muscles and blubber of cetaceans and occasionally other marine mammals, and is the largest species of copepod.
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Keywords: ADULTS BURIED • ATTACH • BEGIN • BLUBBER • CETACEANS • COMMON PARASITES • COPEPOD • DUE • ENTER • ENTERING • FEMALES METAMORPHOSE • FLESH • FREE SWIMMING • FREE-SWIMMING PLANKTONIC LARVAE • FUR • GENUS • HOST • LARGE COPEPODS • LARGE PELAGIC FISHES • LARGE SIZE • LARGEST SPECIES • LARGEST • LIFE CYCLE • MALES • MAN MEN • MARINE BONY FISH • MARINE MAMMALS • MEMBERS • MEN • MESOPARASITIC LIFE HISTORY • MUSCLE • MUSCLES • NUMBER • OCCASIONALLY • PARASITIC COPEPODA • PARASITIC STAGE • PENNELLA BALAENOPTERAE • PENNELLA FILOSA • PENNELLA • PRINT • SERIES • SINGLE SPECIES • SKIN • SPECIES • STUDIES •  MUSCLES