SHELL‐BORING WORMS (SPIONIDAE: Polychaeta ) INFECTING CULTIVATED BIVALVE MOLLUSCS IN AUSTRALIA

• Published in: Proceedings of the World Mariculture Society
• Main Author: Skeel, M. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1979
• Subjects: Agronomy and Crop Science; Aquatic Science; Pacific; Wales Rock; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1979.tb00048.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1749-7345.1979.tb00048.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1979.tb00048.x

ABSTRACT The New South Wales rock oyster ( Saccostrea cucullata ), the edible mussel ( Mytilus edulis ), the introduced Pacific oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) and the scallop ( Placopecten meridionalis ) are cultivated in Australia. Their shells harbor four species of spionid polychaetes: Polydora web...