# Hydroides

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***Hydroides*** is a genus of tube-forming [serpulid](/source/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](/source/Hydroides_bispinosa)* (Bush, 1910)
- *[Hydroides brachyacantha](/source/Hydroides_brachyacantha)* (Rioja, 1863)
- *[Hydroides crucigera](/source/Hydroides_crucigera)* (Moerch, 1863)
- *[Hydroides dianthus](/source/Hydroides_dianthus)* (Verrill, 1873)
- *[Hydroides dirampha](/source/Hydroides_dirampha)* (Mörch, 1863)
- *[Hydroides elegans](/source/Hydroides_elegans)* (Haswell, 1883)
- *[Hydroides ezoensis](/source/Hydroides_ezoensis)* (Okuda, 1934)
- *[Hydroides huanghaiensis](/source/Hydroides_huanghaiensis)* (Sun & Yang, 2000)
- *[Hydroides lirs](/source/Hydroides_lirs)* (Kupriyanova, Sun, ten Hove, Wong & Rouse, 2015)
- *[Hydroides longispinosa](/source/Hydroides_longispinosa)* (Chen & Wu, 1980)
- *[Hydroides microtis](/source/Hydroides_microtis)* (Mörch, 1863)
- *[Hydroides norvegica](/source/Hydroides_norvegica)* (Gunnerus, 1768)
- *[Hydroides parva](/source/Hydroides_parva)* (Treadwell, 1902)
- *[Hydroides protulicola](/source/Hydroides_protulicola)* (Benedict, 1887)
- *[Hydroides sanctaecrucis](/source/Hydroides_sanctaecrucis)* (Krøyer in Mörch, 1863)
- *[Hydroides xishaensis](/source/Hydroides_xishaensis)* (Chen & Wu, 1978)

## Ecology

Parasites of *Hydroides* include sea snails from the genus *[Fargoa](/source/Fargoa)*.[3]

## References

1. [Gunnerus J. E.](/source/Johan_Ernst_Gunnerus) (1768). *K. Norske Vid. Selsk. Skrifter* **4**: 52.

1. 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.

## External links

- [A new introduced fouling organism in Sydney Harbour](https://web.archive.org/web/20070612064145/http://www.eicc.bio.usyd.edu.au/news/index.html?jun01.html)
- [MBL Marine Organisms Database page](https://web.archive.org/web/20060903214442/http://www.mbl.edu/marine_org/marine_org.php?func=detail&myID=ITA-68281&source_myID=ITA-555671)
- [Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC)-U.K. on *H. ezoensis*](http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-1699)

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