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.

References

External links

• A new introduced fouling organism in Sydney Harbour

• MBL Marine Organisms Database page

• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)-U.K. on