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  PDF available
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland 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 2026-06-15
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland 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 2026-06-15
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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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f64-016 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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 Le Pennec, G. & M. Le Pennec. (2003). Histopathological damages caused by the copepod Mytilicola orientalis in the oyster Crassostrea gigas from the Bay of Brest (Brittany, France). <em>Haliotis.</em> 32: 73-80. [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), available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223542 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/dao047145 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06301004 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication

additional source de Rivera, C.E., G. Ruiz, J. Crooks, K. Wasson, S. Lonhart, P. Fofonoff, B. Steves, S. Rumrill, M.S. Brancato, S. Pegau, P. Bulthuis, R.K. Preisler, C. Schoch, E. Bowlby, A. De Vogelaere, M. Crawford, S. Gittings, A. Hines, L. Takata, K. Larson, T. Huber, A.M. Leyman, E. Collinetti, T. Pascot, S. Shull, M. Anderson & S. Powell. (2005). Broad-Scale Non-indigenous Species Monitoring along the West Coast in National Marine Sanctuaries and National Estuarine Research Reserves. <em>Report to National Fish & Wildlife Foundation.</em> 125 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

additional source Nagasawa, K. & M. Nitta. (2015). Rediscovery of Mytilicola orientalis (Copepoda: Mytilicolidae) from wild Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas in Japan. Biogeography, 16:49-51. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kovacic, I., D. Pavicic-Hamer, M. Pfannkuchen & M. Usich. (2017). Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819) as host of Mytilicola orientalis (Mori, 1935) in the northern Adriatic Sea: presence and effect. Aquaculture International, 25(1):211-221., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-016-0023-z [details] 

additional source Goedknegt, M.A., D.W. Thieltges, J. van der Meer, K.M. Wegner & P.C. Luttikhuizen (2018). Cryptic invasion of a parasitic copepod: Compromised identification when morphologically similar invaders co-occur in invaded ecosystems. <em>Plos One</em>. 13(3):1-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193354 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Goedknegt, M.A., D. Shoesmith, A.S. Jung, P.C. Luttikhuizen, J. van der Meer, C.J.M. Philippart, H.W. van der Veer & D.W. Thieltges (2018). Trophic relationship between the invasive parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis and its native blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) host. <em>Parasitology</em>. 145(6):814-821, available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182017001779 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Brenner, M, J. Schulze, J. Fischer & K.M. Wegner. (2019). First record of the parasitic copepod (Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935) in blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) of the Baltic Sea. Bioinvasions Records, 8(3):623-632., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.3.19 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

additional source Feis, M.E. (2018). Host-parasite co-evolution and co-infection of invasive parasitic Mytilicola copepods in blue mussel hosts. <em>Dissertation, Kiel University, Germany.</em> 193 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

additional source Kluger, L.C., S. Karstens, A.F. Lopes, A. Kuhn, I. Arzul & M.C. Riekhof. (2025). Marine diseases as a threat to society: Adopting and advancing the UNDRR risk framework. <em>Ocean and Coastal Management.</em> 266:1-13. 107640., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107640 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sindermann, C.J. (Ed.). (1974). Diagnosis and control of mariculture diseases in the United States. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,. <em>NOAA (National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration) Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Center, Technical Series Report.</em> 2:306 pp., available online at https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/47291 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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