MSBIAS taxon details
Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935
128901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128901)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mori, T. (1935). Mytilicola orientalis, a new species of parasitic Copepoda. Zoological Magazine (Dobutsugaku Zasshi), Tokyo 47(564):687-690, pls. 1-3. (15-x-1935, Japanese with English summary.) [details] Available for editors 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128901 on 2025-06-24
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128901 on 2025-06-24
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Mori, T. (1935). Mytilicola orientalis, a new species of parasitic Copepoda. Zoological Magazine (Dobutsugaku Zasshi), Tokyo 47(564):687-690, pls. 1-3. (15-x-1935, Japanese with English summary.) [details] Available for editors
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
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]
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
additional source Chew, K.K., A.K. Sparks & S.C. Katkansky. (1964). First record of Mytilicola orientalis Mori in the California mussel Mytilus californianus Conrad. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 21(1):205-207. (i-1964). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bernard, F.R. (1968). Incidence and effect of the copepod <i>Mytilicola orientalis</i> Mori in the Pacific oyster of British Columbia. <em>Manuscript Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 993:1-14. [details]
additional source Goater, C.P. & A.E. Weber. (1996). Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of Mytilicola orientalis (Copepoda) in the mussel, Mytilus trossulus, in Barkley Sound, B.C. Journal of Shellfish Research 15(3):681-684. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bradley, W. & A.E. Siebert, Jr. (1978). Infection of Ostrea lurida and Mytilus edulis by the parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis in San Francisco Bay, California. Veliger 21(1):131-134, tabs. 1-3. (1-vii-1978) [details] Available for editors
additional source Do, T.T. & T. Kajihara. (1986). Studies on parasitic copepod fauna and biology of Pseudomyicola spinosus, associated with blue mussel, Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis in Japan. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 23:1-63, figs. 1-28, tabs. 1-10. (ix.1986) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. (2005). Seeking the origin of the Japan- invading purple mussel from its parasites. In: Nagasawa, K. (ed.). Introduction to Copepodology - World of tiny giants in water., Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 326pp. :272-280. (In Japanese) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1992). Copepod parasites of Gastropoda from Korea. Korean Journal of Zoology 35(2):240-255. [details] Available for editors
additional source Holmes, J.M.C. & D. Minchin. (1995). Two exotic copepods imported into Ireland with the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg). <em>Irish Naturalists' Journal.</em> 25(1):17-20. [details] Available for editors
additional source Katkansky, S.C. (1968). Some effects of the parasitic copepod, Mytilicola orientalis Mori, on three species of bivalve molluscs in selected sites in Washington, Oregon, and California. Dissertation Abstracts B 28:3928. (iii-1968) [details]
additional source Odlaug, T.O. (1946). The effect of the copepod, Mytilicola orientalis upon the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 65(4):311-317, tabs. 1-4. (x-1946) [details] Available for editors
additional source Sparks, A.K. (1962). Metaplasia of the gut of the oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) caused by infection with the copepod Mytilicola orientalis Mori. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 4(1):57-62. [details] Available for editors
additional source Sparks, A.K. (1962). Some preliminary observations on the incidence of infection and pathological effect of the parasitic copepod, Mytilicola orientalis Mori, in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) on the West coast of the United States. Published by the 'Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer,' October 1962 :1-9, figs. 1-3. (Mimeogr.) [details] Available for editors
additional source Steele, S. & M.F. Mulcahy. (2001). Impact of the copepod Mytilicola orientalis on the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in Ireland. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 47(2): 145-149. [details] Available for editors
additional source Stock, J.H. (1993). Copepoda (Crustacea) associated with commercial and non-commercial Bivalvia in the East Scheldt, The Netherlands. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 63(1):61-64. [details] Available for editors
additional source Stock, J.H. (1993). Een tweede soort Mytilicola in Nederland. [Another Mytilicola in the Netherlands. ]. <em>Het Zeepaard. Tweemaandelijks tijdschrift van de strandwerkgemeenschap.</em> 53(2):41-42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors
additional source DeGrave, S., Q. Xie & D. Casey. (1995). The intensity of infestation by the intestinal copepod, Mytilicola orientalis, does not affect the condition of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas). <em>Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists.</em> 15(4):129-131. [details] Available for editors
additional source Borkens, Y. & P. Koppe. (2022). Mytilicola orientalis. Aquaculture International. <em>30(4):1-9. Jul 2022.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-022-00928-1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jolma, E.R.E., A, Born-Torrijos, H. Heesterbeek, A. van Leeuwen, S.M. van Leeuwen, R.H. Twijnstra, K.M. Wegner & D.W. Thieltges. (2024). Warming effects on the life cycles of two parasitic copepods with different invasion histories. <em>Ecology And Evolution.</em> 14(6):1-16. Jun 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11485 [details] Available for editors
context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors
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]
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
additional source Chew, K.K., A.K. Sparks & S.C. Katkansky. (1964). First record of Mytilicola orientalis Mori in the California mussel Mytilus californianus Conrad. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 21(1):205-207. (i-1964). [details] Available for editors
additional source Bernard, F.R. (1968). Incidence and effect of the copepod <i>Mytilicola orientalis</i> Mori in the Pacific oyster of British Columbia. <em>Manuscript Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 993:1-14. [details]
additional source Goater, C.P. & A.E. Weber. (1996). Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of Mytilicola orientalis (Copepoda) in the mussel, Mytilus trossulus, in Barkley Sound, B.C. Journal of Shellfish Research 15(3):681-684. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bradley, W. & A.E. Siebert, Jr. (1978). Infection of Ostrea lurida and Mytilus edulis by the parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis in San Francisco Bay, California. Veliger 21(1):131-134, tabs. 1-3. (1-vii-1978) [details] Available for editors
additional source Do, T.T. & T. Kajihara. (1986). Studies on parasitic copepod fauna and biology of Pseudomyicola spinosus, associated with blue mussel, Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis in Japan. Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo 23:1-63, figs. 1-28, tabs. 1-10. (ix.1986) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. (2005). Seeking the origin of the Japan- invading purple mussel from its parasites. In: Nagasawa, K. (ed.). Introduction to Copepodology - World of tiny giants in water., Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 326pp. :272-280. (In Japanese) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1992). Copepod parasites of Gastropoda from Korea. Korean Journal of Zoology 35(2):240-255. [details] Available for editors
additional source Holmes, J.M.C. & D. Minchin. (1995). Two exotic copepods imported into Ireland with the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg). <em>Irish Naturalists' Journal.</em> 25(1):17-20. [details] Available for editors
additional source Katkansky, S.C. (1968). Some effects of the parasitic copepod, Mytilicola orientalis Mori, on three species of bivalve molluscs in selected sites in Washington, Oregon, and California. Dissertation Abstracts B 28:3928. (iii-1968) [details]
additional source Odlaug, T.O. (1946). The effect of the copepod, Mytilicola orientalis upon the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 65(4):311-317, tabs. 1-4. (x-1946) [details] Available for editors
additional source Sparks, A.K. (1962). Metaplasia of the gut of the oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) caused by infection with the copepod Mytilicola orientalis Mori. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 4(1):57-62. [details] Available for editors
additional source Sparks, A.K. (1962). Some preliminary observations on the incidence of infection and pathological effect of the parasitic copepod, Mytilicola orientalis Mori, in the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas Thunberg) on the West coast of the United States. Published by the 'Conseil Permanent International pour l'Exploration de la Mer,' October 1962 :1-9, figs. 1-3. (Mimeogr.) [details] Available for editors
additional source Steele, S. & M.F. Mulcahy. (2001). Impact of the copepod Mytilicola orientalis on the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas in Ireland. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 47(2): 145-149. [details] Available for editors
additional source Stock, J.H. (1993). Copepoda (Crustacea) associated with commercial and non-commercial Bivalvia in the East Scheldt, The Netherlands. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 63(1):61-64. [details] Available for editors
additional source Stock, J.H. (1993). Een tweede soort Mytilicola in Nederland. [Another Mytilicola in the Netherlands. ]. <em>Het Zeepaard. Tweemaandelijks tijdschrift van de strandwerkgemeenschap.</em> 53(2):41-42. [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., E. Meric, M. Verlaque, P. Galli, C.F. Boudouresque, A. Giangrande, M. Cinar & M. Bilecenoglu. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors
additional source DeGrave, S., Q. Xie & D. Casey. (1995). The intensity of infestation by the intestinal copepod, Mytilicola orientalis, does not affect the condition of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas). <em>Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists.</em> 15(4):129-131. [details] Available for editors
additional source Borkens, Y. & P. Koppe. (2022). Mytilicola orientalis. Aquaculture International. <em>30(4):1-9. Jul 2022.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-022-00928-1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Jolma, E.R.E., A, Born-Torrijos, H. Heesterbeek, A. van Leeuwen, S.M. van Leeuwen, R.H. Twijnstra, K.M. Wegner & D.W. Thieltges. (2024). Warming effects on the life cycles of two parasitic copepods with different invasion histories. <em>Ecology And Evolution.</em> 14(6):1-16. Jun 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11485 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mytilicola orientalis)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mytilicola orientalis)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 32 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
