Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Polychaeta > Subclass Sedentaria > Infraclass Canalipalpata > Order Sabellida > Family Serpulidae > Subfamily Serpulinae > Tribe Serpulini > Genus Hydroides

Hydroides operculata (Treadwell, 1929)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hydroides*	Gunnerus, 1768	accepted genus name
*Eupomatus*	Philippi, 1844	generic synonym
*Hydroides (Eucarphus)*	Mörch, 1863	synonym
*Hydroides (Eupomatus)*	Philippi, 1844	synonym

Species group names

*Eupomatus operculata*	Treadwell, 1929 [original]	orthographic variant

Literature

additional source	Kupriyanova, E.; Sun, Y.; Wong, E.; Ten Hove, H. (2023). Hydroides of the World.
additional source	Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312.
additional source	Bastida-Zavala, Jose Rolando and ten Hove, Harry A. 2002. Revision of Hydroides Gunnerus, 1768 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) from the Western Atlantic Region. Beaufortia, 52(9): 103-178.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.
taxonomy source	Sun, Yanan; Al-Kandari, Manal; Kubal, Priti; Walmiki, Nitin; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2017). Cutting a Gordian knot of tubeworms with DNA data: the story of the Hydroides operculata-complex (Annelida, Serpulidae). Zootaxa. 4323(1): 39-48.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides operculata (Treadwell, 1929). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131011