Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass 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, 1915	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lernaea salmoneus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: salmon gill-maggot

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	Kabata, 1988
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) 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 http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=192771