WoRMS taxon details
Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
135880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135880)
accepted
Species
Acanthochondria salmonea (Lamarck, 1818) · unaccepted (synonym)
Entomoda salmonea Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lernaea cyprinacea Hermann, 1783 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (synonym according to Wilson, 1915)
Lernaea salmonea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernaeopoda salmonea of Blainville, 1822 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lernaeopoda salmoneus (Gissler, 1751) · unaccepted
Pediculus salmonis Gissler, 1751 · unaccepted (synonym)
Salmincola salmonea (Gissler, 1751) · unaccepted > unavailable name
Salmincola salmonis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernaea salmonea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Taxonomic remark sometimes referred to as Salmincola salmonea - but genera ending in -icola are masculine.
Distribution Arctic to New England
Taxonomic remark sometimes referred to as Salmincola salmonea - but genera ending in -icola are masculine. [details]
Distribution Arctic to New England
Distribution Arctic to New England [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135880 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lernaea cyprinacea Hermann, 1783) Hermann, J. (1783). Helminthologische Bemerkungen. Zweytes Stück. [Helminthological Remarks. Second Part]. <em>Der Naturforscher, Halle.</em> 19: 31-59, 2 pls. [details] 
original description (of Lernaea salmonea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Entomoda salmonea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details]
original description (of Pediculus salmonis Gissler, 1751) Gissler, N. (1751). Rön om Laxens Natur och Fiskande i de Norrländska Älfvarna. Tredje stycket. Anmärkningar, om sjelfva Fisket. [Findings on the Nature of Salmon and Fishing in the Norrländä Rivers. Third paragraph. Remarks, about the Fishing itself.]. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 12:171-190, pl. 6 figs. 1-5, a, g. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Salmincola salmonea (Gissler, 1751)) Gissler, N. (1751). Rön om Laxens Natur och Fiskande i de Norrländska Älfvarna. Tredje stycket. Anmärkningar, om sjelfva Fisket. [Findings on the Nature of Salmon and Fishing in the Norrländä Rivers. Third paragraph. Remarks, about the Fishing itself.]. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 12:171-190, pl. 6 figs. 1-5, a, g. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lernaeopoda salmonea of Blainville, 1822) Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1822). Mémoire sur les Lernées (Lernaea, Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, Paris 95:372-380, 437-447, pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <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. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Lernaea salmonea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Entomoda salmonea Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details]
original description (of Pediculus salmonis Gissler, 1751) Gissler, N. (1751). Rön om Laxens Natur och Fiskande i de Norrländska Älfvarna. Tredje stycket. Anmärkningar, om sjelfva Fisket. [Findings on the Nature of Salmon and Fishing in the Norrländä Rivers. Third paragraph. Remarks, about the Fishing itself.]. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 12:171-190, pl. 6 figs. 1-5, a, g. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Salmincola salmonea (Gissler, 1751)) Gissler, N. (1751). Rön om Laxens Natur och Fiskande i de Norrländska Älfvarna. Tredje stycket. Anmärkningar, om sjelfva Fisket. [Findings on the Nature of Salmon and Fishing in the Norrländä Rivers. Third paragraph. Remarks, about the Fishing itself.]. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 12:171-190, pl. 6 figs. 1-5, a, g. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lernaeopoda salmonea of Blainville, 1822) Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1822). Mémoire sur les Lernées (Lernaea, Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, Paris 95:372-380, 437-447, pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <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. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Friend, G.F. (1941). The life-history and ecology of the salmon gill-maggot Salmincola salmonea (L.) (Copepoda Crustacean). <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 60(2):503-541, figs. 1-12, tabs. 1-6. (31-xii-1941)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S008045680001797X [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864].
page(s): 275 [details]
additional source McGladdery, S.E. & C.E. Johnston. (1988). Egg development and control of the gill parasite Salmincola salmoneus, on Atlantic salmon kelts (Salmo salar) exposed to four different regimes of temperature and photoperiod. Aquaculture 68(3):193-202. [details] Available for editors [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). [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[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
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864].
page(s): 275 [details]
additional source McGladdery, S.E. & C.E. Johnston. (1988). Egg development and control of the gill parasite Salmincola salmoneus, on Atlantic salmon kelts (Salmo salar) exposed to four different regimes of temperature and photoperiod. Aquaculture 68(3):193-202. [details] Available for editors
[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). [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark sometimes referred to as Salmincola salmonea - but genera ending in -icola are masculine. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to New England [details]Habitat parasitic species (host: mostly Salmo salar, Atlantic salmon) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | salmon gill-maggot | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaea cyprinacea) (from synonym Lernaea cyprinacea Hermann, 1783)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lernaea cyprinacea Hermann, 1783)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaea cyprinacea) (from synonym Lernaea cyprinacea Hermann, 1783)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Lernaea cyprinacea Hermann, 1783)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
