Bibliography of Oyster Parasites 

 and Diseases 



By 



CARL J. SINDERMANN, Fishery Biologist 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory 

 Oxford, Md. 21654 



ABSTRACT 



The bibliography is oriented toward the diseases that affect oysters and is not 

 concerned with human diseases that may be transmitted by raw shellfish. References 

 to parasites and diseases of pearl oysters (Pteriidae) have been included, even 

 though such bivalves are not true oysters (Ostreidae). References to mortalities of 

 oysters have been included only if a pathogen was associated or suspected. Particular 

 emphasis has been placed on disease states resulting from an infectious agent or 

 parasite invasion. 



INTRODUCTION 



Because of their worldwide economic im- 

 portance, oysters are among the most thor- 

 oughly studied of marine invertebrates. Dis- 

 ease is one aspect of oyster biology that has 

 received particular attention. Literature on 

 parasites and diseases of oysters has ac- 

 cumulated at a surprising and accelerating 

 rate. Preparation of a recent review of dis- 

 eases of Mollusca and Crustacea provided 

 an opportunity to assemble many of the pub- 

 lications and references on oysters diseases-- 

 a large part of which could not be included 

 in a general review. Consequently, it seemed 

 useful to publish a bibliography concerned 

 specifically with oyster- diseases, in view 

 of the amount of material available and the 

 current expanding interest in the subject. 



REFERENCES PERTAINING TO OYSTER 

 PARASITES AND DISEASES 



AGOSTINI, ANGELA. 



1929. Sulle alghe perforanti la conchiglia 

 di Ostrea edulis L. del canale delle 

 saline di Cagliari. Publl. 1st. Biol. 

 Mar. Tirreno San Bartolomeo (Cag- 

 liari) 15, 14 pp. 



ANDREWS, JAY D. 



1955. Notes on fungus parasites of bi- 

 valve mollusks in Chesapeake Bay. 

 Proc. Nat. Shellfish. Ass. 45: 157-163. 



1956. What killed your oysters? S. Fish. 

 16(7): 22-23. 



ANDREWS, JAY D. 



1961. Oyster mortality studies. Rep. Va. 

 Fish. Comm. 62nd and 63rd: 33-36. 



1964. Oyster mortality studies in Vir- 

 ginia. IV. MSX in James River public 

 seed beds. Proc. Nat. Shellfish. Ass. 

 53: 65-84. 



1965. Infection experiments in nature with 

 Dermocystidium marinum in Chesa- 

 peake Bay. Chesapeake Sci. 6: 60-67. 



1966. Oyster mortality studies in Vir- 

 ginia. V. Epizootiology of MSX, a 

 protistan pathogen of oysters. Ecology 

 47: 19-31. 



ANDREWS, JAY D., and WILLIS G. HEWATT. 

 1954. Incidence of Dermocystidium 

 marinum , Mackin, Collier, and Owen, 

 a fungus disease of oysters, in Virginia. 

 Conv. Add. Nat. Shellfish. Ass. 1953: 

 79. [Abstract.] 

 1957. Oyster mortality studies in Vir- 

 ginia. II. The fungus disease caused 

 by Dermocystidium marinum in oysters 

 of Chesapeake Bay. Ecol. Monogr. 27: 

 1-26. 



ANDREWS, JAY D., and J. L. McHUGH. 



1957. The survival and growth of South Car- 

 olina seed oysters in Virginia waters. 

 Proc. Nat. Shellfish. Ass. 47: 3-17. 



ANDREWS, JAY D., and JOHN L. WOOD. 



1961. Status of diseases of oysters in 

 Chesapeake Bay. Va. Inst. Mar. Sci. 

 Spec. Rep. 1, 5 pp. 



ANDREWS, JAY D., JOHN L. WOOD, and 

 H. DICKSON HOESE. 



1962. Oyster mortality studies in Vir- 

 ginia, in. Epizootiology of a disease 



