Hydroides of the World

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Serpulid polychaetes are a unique and highly specialised group of marine segmented worms that have adapted to inhabiting self-secreted calcareous tubes attached to a wide range of hard substrates. These animals are found across all depths and habitats of the worlds oceans, and some form mutually beneficial associations with live corals. The genus Hydroides is of special concern and importance, as it is not only the largest, but also one of the most ecologically and economically important groups of marine invertebrates because it includes notorious biofoulers and common bioinvaders that travel around the world hitchhiking on ships hulls. This is the first fully illustrated guide to this notorious serpulid genus of calcareous tubeworms, providing a comprehensive diagnostic treatment of all known species of the genus Hydroides. This important reference provides reliable identification tools to distinguish Australian tubeworms from potential alien invaders that constantly arrive from overseas and threaten Australias maritime transport, trade and mariculture.

Author Bio

Dr Elena Kupriyanova is a Senior Research Scientist at the Australian Museum in Sydney. She received her PhD in 2004 from Flinders University in Adelaide, and previously worked at the University of Adelaide and Yokohama National University, Japan. Dr Yanan Sun is a researcher at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Science. She received her PhD in 2017 from Macquarie University in Sydney, and previously worked at Hong Kong Baptist University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Dr Eunice Wong is a Field Application Scientist at BioSkryb Genomics. She received her PhD in 2020 from the University of Queensland and previously worked on scientific illustration and molecular systematics of various marine invertebrate groups at the Australian Museum. Dr Harry A. ten Hove is an Honorary Research Scientist at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, the Netherlands. He received his PhD in 1975 from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and previously worked at the Universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam.