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

5 CORRIDOR - Interconnected waterways – Water

6 UNAIDED - Natural dispersal across border of IAS that have been introduced through pathways 1-5 - Nat

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

Michail C, Crocetta F, Zenetos A, Langeneck J, Tsiamis K, Tiralongo F, Kletou D, Constantinou G, Cai LL, Vasiliades L, Rousou M, Katsanevakis S, Tanduo V, Hadjieftychiou SI, Papageorgiou IV, Kleitou P (2026) Marine non-indigenous species of Cyprus: pathways, introduction dynamics, spatial patterns, and policy implications. Biological Invasions 28(97). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-026-03814-6