PENNELLA EXOCOETI (Holten). 

 Lernaea exocoeti Holten; Lernaeopenna nolteni Blainv. 



The Lernaea exocoeti descrioed and figured in 1802 

 in Naturhistorieselskabets SXrif ter ,V.B.S.136,pl»3, 

 fig.3,a & b,whion Blainville from the description 

 and f igure again descrioed as Lernaeopenna nolteni 

 we belisve we have found on two spec imens of Exo- 

 coetus tale en by Capt.Hygom in the warmer part of 

 the Atlantic, one 5 N.& 35; W. the otner 21 N.& 4-0 W. 



The last named had two young Pennellas attach- 

 ed to the scale cover Inga, the first named had only 

 one,but thi s was full grown and furnished with egg- 

 strings,which however in the ir outer portion were 

 entirely worn away. Notwithstanding the dif- 

 ferences in the developrnent of the spec imens there 

 can be no doubt that they all belong to the same 

 species, and that this must be Holten' s species. 



ireover since the f igure represents this spe- 

 cies of natural size, Holten« s specimens could not 

 have been much larger than our three,which also in 

 our figures are represented of natural size; the dif- 

 ference is no greater than that of many another be- 

 longing to the same species, at least according to 

 our meaning. v/e re we to design,, te that by whieh 

 this species may be separated from all others from 



