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:

Ecology

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

Notes

  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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