WoRMS taxon details
Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957
119580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119580)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119580 on 2025-08-06
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 142-146 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
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. <em>Ledizion-Ledipublishing, Milan.</em> 562 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Mhaisen, F.T. & A.R. Al-Rubaie. (2016). Checklists of parasites of farm fishes of Babylon Province, Iraq. <em>Journal of Parasitology Research.</em> 2016:1-16. 7170534. Epub., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7170534 [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 59(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/b:sypa.0000038447.52015.e4 [details]
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). <em>Parasites & Vectors.</em> 14(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04504-5 [details]
[request]additional source Mhaisen, F.T. & A.R. Al-Rubaie. (2016). Checklists of parasites of farm fishes of Babylon Province, Iraq. <em>Journal of Parasitology Research.</em> 2016:1-16. 7170534. Epub., available online at https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/7170534 [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> 59(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/b:sypa.0000038447.52015.e4 [details]
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). <em>Parasites & Vectors.</em> 14(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04504-5 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Habitat G. salaris is relatively intolerant of high salinity. It may be found on salmon smolts in estuaries or fiordic environments around the mouths of salmon nursery rivers, but is very unlikely to be encountered in the open sea. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | salmon killersalmon flukeNorwegian salmon killer | [details] |
| German | Lachs-Hautsaugwurm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (125 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gyrodactylus salaris)
To GenBank (9639 nucleotides; 791 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gyrodactylus salaris)
To GenBank (9639 nucleotides; 791 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To ITIS
