This species belongs to the Copepoda among the crustaceans. Already the freshly hatched female nauplius larva becomes anchored by help of their hooks and claws (= former mouthparts) at the surface of fish and grow up to adult females (Fig. 1). Adult females reach a length of only 3–4 mm, while the males measure only 1 mm at the maximum and wander on the fish surface searching for females. Heavy infections may lead to death of infected fish due to increasing wounds and bacterial infections.
Diagrammatic representation of a female of S. salmonea being attached at the gill of a salmon fish. B, bulla = attaching organ; ES, egg sacks; K, gills; M1, M2, maxillae 1 and 2
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Salmincola salmonea . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_4299
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