WoRMS taxon details

Salmincola californiensis (Dana, 1852)

359919  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359919)

accepted
Species
Achtheres carpenteri Packard, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeopoda beani Wilson C.B., 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeopoda californiensis Dana, 1852-1853 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernaeopoda falculata Wilson C.B., 1908 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Salmincola beani (Wilson C.B., 1908) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Salmincola carpenteri (Packard, 1874) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Salmincola falculata (Wilson C.B., 1908) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Salmincola lata Markevich, 1940 · unaccepted (probable synonym)
Salmincola yaname Hoshina & Suenaga, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernaeopoda californiensis Dana, 1852-1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Salmincola californiensis (Dana, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359919 on 2026-03-24
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Nomenclature

original description (of Lernaeopoda californiensis Dana, 1852-1853) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Achtheres carpenteri Packard, 1874) Packard, A.S., Jr. (1874). Description of a lernaean crustacean (Achtheres carpenteri), obtained by Lieut. W.L. Carpenter, in 1873, in Colorado. Reports of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 7:612, fig. 1. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Lernaeopoda beani Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Lernaeopoda falculata Wilson C.B., 1908) Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Salmincola lata Markevich, 1940) Markevich, A.P. (1940). Novi vidi parazitichnikh Copepoda. Neue Arten parasitischer Copepoden. [New species of parasitic copepods.]. <em>Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koiy RSR, Kiev.</em> 1940(11):11-21, figs. 1-9. (16-xi-1940, Ukrainian and German.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Salmincola yaname Hoshina & Suenaga, 1954) Hoshina, T. & G. Suenaga. (1954). On a new species of parasitic copepods from Yamane (salmonoid fish) of Japan. Journal of the Tokyo University of Fisheries 41:75-78, figs. 1-4, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Roberts, R.J., K.A. Johnson & M.T. Casten. (2004). Control of Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeapodidae) in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum): a clinical and histopathological study. <em>Journal of Fish Diseases.</em> 27(2):73-79., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00508.x [details] 

additional source Barndt, S. & J. Stone. (2003). Infestation of Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) in Wild Coho Salmon, Steelhead, and Coastal Cutthroat Trout Juveniles in a Small Columbia River Tributary. <em>Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.</em> 132(5): 1027-1032., available online at https://doi.org/10.1577/t02-122 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Black, G.A. (1982). Gills as an attachment site for Salmincola edwardsii (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae). Journal of Parasitology 68(6):1172-1173, tab. 1. (xii-1982), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3281119 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Chigbu, P. (2001). Occurrence and distribution of Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on juvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in Lake Washington. <em>Journal of Freshwater Ecology.</em> 16(4): 615-620., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2001.9663853 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Buttner, J.K. & R.C. Heidinger. (1979). First reported occurrence of Salmincola californiensis (Dana, 1852) (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) east of the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Parasitology 65(2):320. (iv-1979), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3280173 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hoshina, T. & T. Nishimura. (1976). On a parasitic Copepoda, Salmincola californiensis found on a salmonid fish, yamame, Oncorhynchus masou. Fish Pathology 11:153-157. (In Japanese; English abstract.), available online at https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.11.153 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Johnson, K.A. & J.A. Heindel. (2001). Efficacy of manual removal and ivermectin gavage for control of Salmincola californiensis (Wilson) infestation of chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), captive broodstocks. <em>Journal of Fish Diseases.</em> 24(4):197-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2761.2001.00279.x [details] 

additional source Kabata, Z. & B. Cousens. (1973). Life cycle of Salmincola californiensis (Dana 1852) (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 30(7):881-903, figs. 1-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f73-150 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Modin, J.C. & T.M. Veek. (2002). Biological control of the parasitic copepod Salmincola californiensis in a commercial trout hatchery on the lower Merced River, California. North American Journal of Aquaculture 64 (2): 122-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8454(2002)064 [details] 

additional source Pawaputanon, K. (1981). Effects of Parasitic Copepod, Salmincola californiensis (Dana, 1852) on Juvenile Sockeye Salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.</em> 181 pp., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2429/22358    [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sutherland, D.R. & D.D. Wittrock. (1985). The effects of Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on the gills of farm-raised rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63(12):2893-2901, figs. 1-19, tabs. 1-2. (xii-1985, French summary)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z85-433 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.47-2063.565 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1916). Copepod parasites of fresh-water fishes and their economic relations to mussel glochidia. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 34(824):333-374, pls. 60-74. (28-vi-1916), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.43088 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kamerath, M., B.C. Allen & S. Chandra. (2009). First documentation of Salmincola californiensis in Lake Tahoe, CA - NV, USA. Western North American Naturalist 69(2):257-259., available online at https://doi.org/10.3398/064.069.0216 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Han, J.H., E.J. Won, B.Y. Lee, U.K. Hwang, I.C. Kim, J.H. Yim, K.M.Y. Leung, Y.S. Lee & J.S. Lee. (2014). Gamma rays induce DNA damage and oxidative stress associated with impaired growth and reproduction in the copepod Tigriopus japonicas. <em>Aquatic Toxicology.</em> 152:264-272. JUL 2014., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.04.005 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Monzyk, F.R., T.A. Friesen & J.D. Romer. (2015). Infection of juvenile salmonids by Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) in reservoirs and streams of the Willamette River Basin, Oregon. Transactions Of The American Fisheries Society, 144(5):891-902., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00028487.2015.1052558 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vigil, E.M., K.R. Christianson, J.M. Lepak & P.J. Williams. (2016). Temperature effects on hatching and viability of juvenile gill lice, Salmincola californiensis. <em>Journal Of Fish Diseases.</em> 39(7):899-905., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.12422 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ruiz, C.F., J.M. Rash, D.A. Besler, J.R. Roberts, M.B. Warren, C.R. Arias & S.A. Bullard. (2017). Exotic "gill lice' species (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae: Salmincola spp.) Infect rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the southeastern United States. Journal Of Parasitology, 103(4):377-389., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/16-165 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Herron, C.L., M.L. Kent & C.B. Schreck (2018). Swimming endurance in juvenile chinook salmon infected with Salmincola californiensis. <em>Journal Of Aquatic Animal Health</em>. 30(1):81-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aah.10010 [details] 

additional source Nagasawa, K., M. Kawanobe, S. Kumakawa, S. Matsuzawa & K. Takehana. (2018). Rediscovery of the salmonid parasite Salmincola californiensis (Crustacea: Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) and identification of its host in the Otaki River, a tributary of the upper Kiso River, central Japan. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 72:253-257. (Japanese). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Murphy, C.A., W. Gerth, K. Pauk, P. Konstantinidis & I. Arismendi. (2020). Hidng in Plain Sight: Historical Fish Collections Aid Contemporary Parasite Research. <em>Fisheries.</em> 45(5):263-270. May 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/fsh.10411 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Mullin, B.R. & F.B. Reyda. (2020). High prevalence of the copepod Salmincola californiensis in steelhead trout in Lake Ontario following its recent invasion. <em>Journal Of Parasitology.</em> 106(1):198-200. JAN 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/19-121 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Murphy, C.A., W. Gerth & I. Arismendi. (2020). Hatching and survival of the salmon 'gill maggot' Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) reveals thermal dependence and undocumented naupliar stage. <em>Parasitology.</em> 147(12):1338-1343. Oct 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182020001109 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Neal, T., M.L. Kent, J. Sanders, C.B. Schreck & J.T. Peterson. (2021). Laboratory infection rates and associated mortality of juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from parasitic copepod (Salmincola californiensis). <em>Journal Of Fish Diseases.</em> 44(9):1423-1434. May 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13450 [details] 

additional source Lepak, J.M., A.G. Hansen, M.B. Hooten, D. Brauch & E.M. Vigil. (2021). Rapid proliferation of the parasitic copepod, Salmincola californiensis (Dana), on kokanee salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum), in a large Colorado reservoir. <em>Journal Of Fish Diseases.</em> 44(11):89-98. Sep 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13539 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hargis, L.N., J.M. Lepak, E.M. vigil & C. Gunn. (2014). Prevalence and intensity of the parasitic copepod (Salmincola californiensis) on Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in a reservoir in Colorado. <em>The Southwestern Naturalist.</em> 59(1):126-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1894/N06-JC-72.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Suchomel, A.D. & E.J. Billman. (2021). Prevalence and intensity of infection of the parasitic copepod Salmincola californiensis on Rainbow Trout in Birch Creek, Idaho. <em>Western North American Naturalist.</em> 81(4):615-619. Dec 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.3398/064.081.0413 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Neal, W.T. (2020). Evaluating the Effects of a Parasitic Copepod (Salmincola californiensis) on the Performance of Juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). <em>M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University, USA.</em> 40 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wandelear, N., J. Bowker, D. Carty & W. Swee. (2011). Efficacy of SLICE® (0.2% Emamectin Benzoate) to Control an Infestation of Salmincola californiensis on Freshwater-Reared Rainbow Trout - REPORT #3. <em>U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Drug Research Information Bulletin.</em> DRIB No. 27:1-3. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Herron-Seeley, C.L. (2016). The Impact of Parasitic Copepod Salmincola californiensis on Swimming Ability & Oxidative Burst Activity in Response to Stress in Juvenile Chinook Salmon. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.</em> 72 pp., available online at https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/dr26z201g  [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cairns, A.A. (1965). The life cycle of Pseudocalanus minutus (Kroyer) (Copepoda, Calanoida), in Tanquary Fjord, Ellesmere Island. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.</em> 56 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cousens, N.B.F. (1977). Structure and function of the bulla, second maxillae and maxillary ducts of Salmincola californiensis Dana, 1852 (Copepoda:Lernaeopodidae). <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.</em> [details] 

additional source Nagasawa, K. (2023). Live Freshwater Parasite, Salmincola californiensis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae), on the Gills of an Ocean- migrating Steelhead Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Discussion on the Origin and Survival of the Parasite at Sea. <em>Zoological Science.</em> 40(5): 360-366, , Aug 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.2108/zs230031 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Murphy, C.A., W. Gerth, T. Neal, K. Antonelli, J.L. Sanders, T. Williams, R.L. Roennfeldt, R.S. Crowhurst & I. Arismendi. (2023). Evidence for infection influencing survival of the freshwater copepod Salmincola californiensis, a parasite of Pacific salmon and trout. <em>Journal Of Aquatic Animal Health.</em> 35:280–285. Nov 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aah.10206 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Shedko, S.V., M.B. Shedko, I.L. Miroshnichenko & G.A. Nemkova. (2023). DNA Identification of Parasitic Copepods Salmincola (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae): Variability and Rate of Evolution of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit I Gene. <em>Russian Journal of Genetics.</em> 59(10):1022-1031. Oct 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/s1022795423100113 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Shedko, M.B., S.V. Shedko & S.A. Vinogradov. (2005). Fauna presnovodnyh parazitičeskih kopepod semejstva Lernaeopodidae (Crustacea: Copepoda) ryb ostrova Sahalin. [Fauna of the freshwater parasitic copepods of the family Lernaeopodidae (Crustacea: Copepoda) of fishes from Sakhalin Island.]. <em>In: Bogatov V.V., V.Y. Barkalov, A.S. Lelef, E.A. Makarchenko & S.Y. Storozhenko (Eds.) Rastitel′nyj i životnyj mir ostrova Sahalin (Materialy Meždunarodnogo sahalinskogo proekta). Tom 2. [Flora and fauna of Sakhalin Island (Materials of International Sakhalin Island Project). Part 2.] Dalnauka, Vladivostok, Russia.</em> :52–63. [In Russian with English abstract]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sokolov, S.G., M.B. Shedko, E.N. Protasov & E.V. Frolov. (2012). Parazity ryb vnutriennyh vodoemov ostrova Sahalin. [Parasites of the inland water fishes of Sakhalin Island.]. <em>In: Bogatov V.V., V.Y. Barkalov, A.S. Lelef, E.A. Makarchenko, S.Y. Storozhenko (Eds.) Rastitel′nyj i životnyj mir ostrovov severo-zapadnoj časti Tihogo okeana (Materialy Meždunarodnogo kurilskogo i Meždunarodnogo sahalinskogo proektov). [Flora and fauna of North-West Pacific islands (Materials of International Kuril Island and International Sakhalin Island Projects).] Dalnauka, Vladivostok. [.</em> :179– 216. In Russian with English abstract. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Beeman, J.W., A.C. Hansen & J.M. Sprando. (2015). Observational data on the effects of infection by the copepod Salmincola californiensis on the short- and long-term viability of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) implanted with telemetry tags. <em>Animal Biotelemetry.</em> 3:1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-015-0056-5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hasegawa, R., Y. Sugimoto & I. Koizumi. (2025). A new locality record of the ectoparasitic copepod Salmincola californiensis in Japan: A potential glacial relict population?. <em>Crustacean Research.</em> 54:1-7., available online at https://doi.org/10.18353/crustacea.54.0_1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Antonelli, K., C. Murphy, A. Pollock & T. Arismendi. (2025). Environmental conditions influencing the abundance of the salmonid ectoparasite Salmincola californiensis across upper Willamette River Reservoirs, Oregon. <em>PeerJ.</em> 13(10):1-24. Apr 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19228 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gardner, E., J.D. Romer, F. Monzyk, J. Sanders, M.L. Kent, C. Schreck & J.T. Peterson. (2025). The dynamics of Salmincola californiensis infecting reservoir-rearing juvenile Chinook Salmon. <em>Transactions Of The American Fisheries Society.</em> 154(6): 1-17. OCT 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/tafafs/vnaf042 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Prokosch, S.J., G.J. Schisler, M. van de Kerk, J.S. Wood, E.M. Vigil & D.D. Houston. (2025). Environmental DNA Is Effective at Detecting a Salmonid Ectoparasite: A Statewide Survey of the Distribution and Genetic Diversity of the Gill Louse Salmincola californiensis in Colorado, USA. <em>Environmental DNA.</em> 7:1-24. e7021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70211 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Polley, T.M., J.A. Ferguson, N. Hickey, S.R.M. Jones, A. Choudhury, J.S. Foott & M.K. Kent. (2026). Review of Major and Minor Pathogens of Adult Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in Freshwater in the Pacific Northwest of North America. <em>Pathogens.</em> 15(1):1-69 Jan 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens15010087 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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