Peniculus minuticaudae

Peniculus minuticaudae is a species of parasitic pennellid copepod.^[2] It is known from the northeast Pacific Ocean.^[3] It was originally described in 1956,^[1] redescribed in 2012,^[4] and its complete life cycle has been elucidated on the cultured threadsail filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer in 2013.^[3]

Peniculus minuticaudae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Siphonostomatoida
Family:	Pennellidae
Genus:	Peniculus
Species:	P. minuticaudae
Binomial name
Peniculus minuticaudae Shiino, 1956[1]