Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Mytilicolidae > Genus Mytilicola

Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Mytilicola*	Steuer, 1902	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: oyster redworm

Literature

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.)
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	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)
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. Mediterranean Marine Science. 9(1): 119-165.
additional source	Bernard, F.R. (1968). Incidence and effect of the copepod Mytilicola orientalis Mori in the Pacific oyster of British Columbia. Manuscript Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 993:1-14.
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)
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)
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.)
additional source	Borkens, Y. & P. Koppe. (2022). Mytilicola orientalis. Aquaculture International. 30(4):1-9. Jul 2022.
additional source	Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1992). Copepod parasites of Gastropoda from Korea. Korean Journal of Zoology 35(2):240-255.
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. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 21(1):205-207. (i-1964).
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. Ecology And Evolution. 14(6):1-16. Jun 2024.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
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. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
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.
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)
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. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
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.
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)

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128901