Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Poecilostomatoida > 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	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
GBIF

Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128901