Abstract
Minchinia nelsoni n. sp. (Haplosporidia, Haplosporidiidae): Causative agent of the Delaware Bay oyster epizootic.
Haskin, H. H., Stauber, L. A. and Mackin, J. A.
Science
153
1414-1416
1966
Since 1957, oyster populations of the Middle Atlantic coast have been ravaged by a new sporozoan parasite that has been called "MSX". This parasite is identified as a new species of Minchinia that invades oysters through epithelial tissues of gill, palp, water tubes, and, occasionally, of the digestive tract. Multinucleate plasmodia are recognised in frseh and fixed preparations.
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