Hydroides Explained

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

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.^[1]

External links

• A new introduced fouling organism in Sydney Harbour
• MBL Marine Organisms Database page
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)-U.K. on H. ezoensis

Notes and References

1. Schander C., Van Aartsen J. J. & Corgan J. X.. Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. 1999. 34. 9–12. 145–166.