''Peniculus minuticaudae'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
pennellid copepod
Copepods (; meaning 'oar-feet') are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...
.
[ It is known from the northeast Pacific Ocean.][ ] and its complete life cycle has been elucidated on the cultured threadsail filefish, ''Stephanolepis cirrhifer
''Stephanolepis cirrhifer'', commonly known as the thread-sail filefish, is a species of marine fish in the family Monacanthidae. It is found in the western Pacific, in an area that ranges from northern Japan to the East China Sea, to Korea. ...
'' in 2013.[ ]
References
Siphonostomatoida
Copepods of the Pacific Ocean
Crustaceans described in 1956
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