First confirmation of the shell-boring oyster parasite Polydora websteri (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Washington State, USA

• Main Authors: Martinelli, Julieta, Lopes, Heather, Hauser, Lorenz, Jimenez-Hidalgo, Isadora, King, Teri L, Padilla-Gamino, Jacqueline, Rawson, Paul, Spencer, Laura, Williams, Jason, Wood, Chelsea
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: PeerJ 2019
• Subjects: Burrows; New Zealand; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27621v2; https://peerj.com/preprints/27621v2.pdf; https://peerj.com/preprints/27621v2.xml; https://peerj.com/preprints/27621v2.html

Invasions by the spionid polychaete Polydora websteri have resulted in the collapse of oyster aquaculture industries in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii. These worms burrow into the shells of bivalves, creating unsightly mud blisters that are unappealing to consumers and, when nicked during shucki...