Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Lernaeopodidae

Salmincola Wilson C.B., 1915

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pediculus*	Gissler, 1751	synonym

Children

Salmincola carpionis (Krøyer, 1837)
Salmincola coregonorum (Kessler, 1838)
Salmincola edwardsii (Olsson, 1869)
Salmincola extensus (Kessler, 1868)
Salmincola extumescens (Gadd, 1901)
Salmincola gordoni Gurney, 1933
Salmincola lotae (Olsson, 1877)
Salmincola nordmanni (Kessler, 1868)
Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salmincola thymalli (Kessler, 1868)

Literature

original description	Wilson, C.B. (1915). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeopodidae, with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2063): 565-729, pls. 25-56, figs. 1-15. (6-iii-1915).
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), 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. 252-268
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary).
additional source	Fasten, N. (1921). Studies on parasitic copepods of the genus Salmincola. American Naturalist 55:449-456. (ix/x-1921)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Salmincola Wilson C.B., 1915. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135610

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Salmincola Wilson C.B., 1915. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/80e7b5d9-085a-43b0-8163-8cefa2004e70