Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Gyrodactylidea > Family Gyrodactylidae > Genus Gyrodactylus

Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gyrodactylus*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Norwegian salmon killer; salmon fluke; salmon killer sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Lachs-Hautsaugwurm

Literature

basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 142-146
additional source	Harris, P.; Shinn, A.; Cable, J.; Bakke, T. (2004). Nominal species of the genus Gyrodactylus von Nordmann 1832 (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae), with a list of principal host species. Systematic Parasitology. 59(1): 1-27.
additional source	Mhaisen, F.T. & A.R. Al-Rubaie. (2016). Checklists of parasites of farm fishes of Babylon Province, Iraq. Journal of Parasitology Research. 2016:1-16. 7170534. Epub.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
additional source	Paladini, G.; Shinn, A. P.; Taylor, N. G. H.; Bron, J. E.; Hansen, H. (2021). Geographical distribution of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Monogenea, Gyrodactylidae). Parasites & Vectors. 14(1).
redescription	Pugachev, O. N.; Gerasev, P. I.; Gussev, A. V.; Ergens, R.; Khotenowsky, I. (2010). Guide to Monogenoidea of freshwater fish of Palaearctic and Amur regions. Ledizion-Ledipublishing, Milan. 562 pp.