| spore ornamentation of minchinia occulta n. sp. (haplosporidia) in rock oysters saccostrea cuccullata (born, 1778). | a minchinia sp. (haplosporidia: haplosporidiidae) parasite was identified infecting rock oysters and morphologically described by hine and thorne (2002) using light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy (tem). the parasite was associated with up to 80% mortality in the host species and it is suspected that the parasite would be a major impediment to the development of a tropical rock oyster aquaculture industry in northern western australia. however, attempts to identify the parasite f ... | 2008 | 18752707 |