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.
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| 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]
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References
- "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.
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