Hydroides

Hydroides is a genus of tube-forming serpulid worms found on submerged saltwater rocks, shells, and boats in many coastal areas around the world.

Hydroides tubeworm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaeta
Order:
Canalipalpata
Family:
Serpulidae
Subfamily:
Serpulinae
Genus:
Hydroides[1]

Species

It contains the following species:

  • Hydroides bispinosa (Bush, 1910)
  • Hydroides brachyacantha (Rioja, 1863)
  • Hydroides crucigera (Moerch, 1863)
  • Hydroides dianthus (Verrill, 1873)
  • Hydroides dirampha (Mörch, 1863)
  • Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883)
  • Hydroides ezoensis (Okuda, 1934)
  • Hydroides huanghaiensis (Sun & Yang, 2000)
  • Hydroides lirs (Kupriyanova, Sun, ten Hove, Wong & Rouse, 2015)
  • Hydroides longispinosa (Chen & Wu, 1980)
  • Hydroides microtis (Mörch, 1863)
  • Hydroides norvegica (Gunnerus, 1768)
  • Hydroides parva (Treadwell, 1902)
  • Hydroides protulicola (Benedict, 1887)
  • Hydroides sanctaecrucis (Krøyer in Mörch, 1863)
  • Hydroides xishaensis (Chen & Wu, 1978)

Ecology

Parasites of Hydroides include sea snails from the genus Fargoa.[3]

References
  1. "Hydroides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Gunnerus J. E. (1768). K. Norske Vid. Selsk. Skrifter 4: 52.
  3. Schander C., Van Aartsen J. J. & Corgan J. X. (1999). "Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Bollettino Malacologico. 34 (9–12): 145–166.
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