Hydroides
| Hydroides tubeworm | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Subclass: | Palpata |
| Order: | Canalipalpata |
| Family: | Serpulidae |
| Subfamily: | Serpulinae |
| Genus: | Hydroides[1] Gunnerus, 1768[2] |
Hydroides is a genus of tube-forming serpulid worm found on submerged saltwater rocks, shells, and boats in many coastal areas around the world.
Species
It contains the following species:
- Hydroides bispinosa
- Hydroides brachyacantha Rioja, 1863
- Hydroides crucigera (Moerch, 1863)
- Hydroides dianthus (Verrill)
- Hydroides dirampha (Moerch, 1863)
- Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883)
- Hydroides ezoensis Okuda
- Hydroides hexagonus
- Hydroides lunulifera
- Hydroides microtis
- Hydroides norvegica Gunnerus, 1768
- Hydroides parvus
- Hydroides protulicola Benedict
- Hydroides sanctaecrucis
- Hydroides uncinata
Ecology
Parasites of Hydroides include sea snails from the genus Fargoa.[3]
Notes
- ↑ "Hydroides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Gunnerus J. E. (1768). K. Norske Vid. Selsk. Skrifter 4: 52.
- ↑ 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.
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
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