Hydroides
# 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.

## 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.

