WoRMS taxon details
Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935
128901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128901)
accepted
Species
Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
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 
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Distribution Japan; Pacific coast of USA; The Netherlands
Distribution Japan; Pacific coast of USA; The Netherlands [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128901 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [request]
original description (of Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938) Wilson, C.B. (1938). A new copepod from Japanese oysters transplanted to the Pacific coast of the United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28:284-288, figs. 1-9. (15-vi-1938) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]original description (of Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938) Wilson, C.B. (1938). A new copepod from Japanese oysters transplanted to the Pacific coast of the United States. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28:284-288, figs. 1-9. (15-vi-1938) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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 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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Japan; Pacific coast of USA; The Netherlands [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]Introduced species impact in France (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Celtic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Loss of aquaculture/commercial/recreational harvest or gain [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in France (Nation) : Fisheries: accidental with deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | oyster redworm | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938)
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 (2 records) (from synonym Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938)
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 (2 records) (from synonym Mytilicola ostreae Wilson C.B., 1938)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS