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Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Classification

Hydroides elegans is a species of tube-forming serpulid worms. The species was first described in 1883 by William Aitcheson Haswell as Eupomatus elegans. It is a harbour fouling invasive species, in contrast with Hydroides norvegica with which it is sometimes confused.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Italy · 45France · 1Netherlands · 1