| minchinia mercenariae n. sp. (haplosporidia) in the hard clam mercenaria mercenaria: implications of a rare parasite in a commercially important host. | during routine histopathology of 180 juvenile hard clams, mercenaria mercenaria, from a site in virginia, usa, in 2007, we discovered a single individual heavily infected with a parasite resembling a haplosporidian, some members of which cause lethal bivalve diseases. scanning electron microscopy of spores and sequencing of small subunit ribosomal dna confirmed a new species: minchinia mercenariae n. sp. further sampling of clams at the site found prevalences up to 38% using polymerase chain rea ... | 2009 | 19883442 |