''Hydroides'' is a genus of tube-forming

serpulid The Serpulidae are a family of sessile, tube-building annelid worms in the class Polychaeta. The members of this family differ from other sabellid tube worms in that they have a specialized operculum that blocks the entrance of their tubes wh ...

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 ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Verrill, 1873) * ''

Hydroides dirampha ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Mörch, 1863) * ''

Hydroides elegans ''Hydroides elegans'' is a species of tube-forming serpulid worms. The species was first described in 1883 by William Aitcheson Haswell as ''Eupomatus elegans.'' It is a harbour fouling invasive species, in contrast with '' Hydroides norvegica' ...

'' (Haswell, 1883) * '' Hydroides ezoensis'' (Okuda, 1934) * ''

Hydroides huanghaiensis ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Sun & Yang, 2000) * ''

Hydroides lirs ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Kupriyanova, Sun, ten Hove, Wong & Rouse, 2015) * ''

Hydroides longispinosa ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Chen & Wu, 1980) * ''

Hydroides microtis ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Mörch, 1863) * ''

Hydroides norvegica ''Hydroides norvegica'' is a species of tube-forming annelid worm in the family Serpulidae. It is found on submerged rocks, shells, piles and boats in many coastal areas around the world. It is the type species of the genus '' Hydroides''. Poly ...

'' (Gunnerus, 1768) * ''

Hydroides parva ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Treadwell, 1902) * ''

Hydroides protulicola ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Benedict, 1887) * ''

Hydroides sanctaecrucis ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Krøyer in Mörch, 1863) * ''

Hydroides xishaensis ''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) * '' Hydroide ...

'' (Chen & Wu, 1978)

Ecology

Parasites of ''Hydroides'' include sea snails from the genus '' Fargoa''.

References

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''
Serpulidae Polychaete genera Taxa named by Johan Ernst Gunnerus {{annelid-stub