Hydroides is a genus of tube-forming serpulid worms found on submerged saltwater rocks, shells, and boats in many coastal areas around the world.

Hydroides tubeworm
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Order: Sabellida
Family: Serpulidae
Subfamily: Serpulinae
Genus: Hydroides
Gunnerus, 1768[1][2]

Species

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It contains the following species:

Ecology

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

References

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  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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