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

Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Lernaea Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Salmincola*	Wilson C.B., 1915	accepted genus name
*Pediculus*	Gissler, 1751	synonym

Species group names

*Lernaea salmonea*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Pediculus salmonis*	Gissler, 1751	synonym
*Salmincola salmonea*	(Gissler, 1751)	synonym

Literature

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	Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864].
additional source	Johnston, C.E. & D. Dykeman. (1987). Observations on body proportions and egg production in the female parasitic copepod (Salmincola salmoneus) from the gills of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) kelts exposed to different temperatures and photoperiods. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65(2):415-419.
additional source	Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad 3(149):378-432.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1988). Schistobrachia pilgrimi sp. nov. (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae), parasitic on the gills of Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895 (Pisces: Holocephali). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15(4):551-555.
additional source	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).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Friend, G.F. (1941). The life-history and ecology of the salmon gill-maggot Salmincola salmonea (L.) (Copepoda Crustacean). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 60(2):503-541, figs. 1-12, tabs. 1-6. (31-xii-1941).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:135880

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b6becd81-8cb5-41bc-8e0f-518d41a2a2f0