Hydroides elegans

(Haswell, 1883) [nomen protectum]

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Common name (English)

Calcareous tube worm

Ηabitat

Global distribution

Adriatic Sea 690 2; Adriatic Sea 65113 0; Aegean Sea 692 2; Aegean Sea 65481 0; Australian Exclusive Economic Zone 724 3; Australian Exclusive Economic Zone 4478 0; Celtic Sea 620 2; Celtic Sea 4487 0; Florida 213 1; Florida 129 0; Indian Ocean 680 2; Indian Ocean 375 0; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 815 3; Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone 5851 0; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 816 3; Italian Exclusive Economic Zone 9237 0; Italy 285 1; Italy 332 0; Japan 287 0; Japan Sea/East Sea 19547 0; Mediterranean Sea 1618 0; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 612 2; Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin 4484 0; Mexico 1992 0; New Zealand 5 0; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone 859 3; New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone 386 0; North Atlantic 19899 0; North Atlantic Ocean 645 2; North Atlantic Ocean 349 0; North Pacific Ocean 681 2; North Pacific Ocean 379 0; Russia 302 0; Russian Exclusive economic Zone 73750 0; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 910 3; Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone 4480 0; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 928 3; Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone 19906 0; United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone 933 3; United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone 4464 0; United States 5117 0; United States Exclusive Economic Zone 934 3; United States Exclusive Economic Zone 4465 0; United States Exclusive Economic Zone (Hawaii) 4462 0

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Establishment status

Established

Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year

1991

Online resource

http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131002

Pathway

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat ballast water – Ballast

4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Ship/boat hull fouling – Hull

Pathway detail

Transported in ballast water in larval stages; attachment to ship hulls

Other notes

1st Med record: 1888

1st Med country: Italy

References

Ben-Eliahu MN (1991) Red Sea Seprilids (Polychaeta) in the Eastern Mediterranean. Ophelia Suppl. 5: 515-528.

Ben Eliahu MN, Payiatas G (1999) Searching for lessepsian migrant serpulids (Annelida: Polychaeta) on Cyprus – some results of a recent expedition. Israel Journal of Zoology 45: 101-119.

Katsanevakis S, Tsiamis K, Ioannou G, Michailidis N, Zenetos A (2009) Inventory of alien marine species of Cyprus (2009). Mediterranean Marine Science 10(2): 109-134. https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.113

Read G, Fauchald K (2021) World Polychaeta database. Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883) [nomen protectum]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131002 on 2021-01-13