Comments: Not available.

Comments: Possible negative economic impact on bivalve farming (Torchin et al. 2002).

References: AquaNIS. Editorial Board, 2015. Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.corpi.ku.lt/databases/aquanis. Version 2.36+. Accessed 2021-09-01. Bradley W; Siebert AE, 1978. Infection of Ostrea lurida and Mytilus edulis by the parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis in San Francisco Bay, California. The Veliger, 21(1):131-134. Kovačić, I., Pavičić-Hamer, D., Pfannkuchen, M., & Usich, M. (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. DOI 10.1007/s10499-016-0023-z Torchin, M. E., Lafferty, K. D., & Kuris, A. M. (2002). Parasites and marine invasions. Parasitology, 124(7), 137-151.

Comments: Multiple studies suggesting M. orientalis is not a harmful parasite, but rather live as commensals with mussels. (Kovačić et al., 2017).

References: AquaNIS. Editorial Board, 2015. Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.corpi.ku.lt/databases/aquanis. Version 2.36+. Accessed 2021-09-01. Bradley W; Siebert AE, 1978. Infection of Ostrea lurida and Mytilus edulis by the parasitic copepod Mytilicola orientalis in San Francisco Bay, California. The Veliger, 21(1):131-134. Kovačić, I., Pavičić-Hamer, D., Pfannkuchen, M., & Usich, M. (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. DOI 10.1007/s10499-016-0023-z Torchin, M. E., Lafferty, K. D., & Kuris, A. M. (2002). Parasites and marine invasions. Parasitology, 124(7), 137-151.