species: Unidentified pennellid copepod in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

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Unidentified pennellid copepod

©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified pennellid copepod on head of fish Cephalopholis boenak at Cobia Hole, Lizard island.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Hexanauplia

Order Siphonostomatoida

Family Pennellidae

Species Unidentified pennellid copepod

Distinguishing features

An external parasite of fish with a long, thin body (1-2 cm long) and two thin trailing filaments.