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Hydroides dirampha

Status not recordedworms

Hydroides dirampha is a species in the family Serpulidae, order Sabellida.

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Quick facts about Hydroides dirampha

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Hydroides dirampha live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Hydroides dirampha as introduced in 7 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Mexicoinvasive
  2. Egypt
  3. Greece
  4. Israel
  5. Italy
  6. Lebanon
  7. Türkiye

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Hydroides dirampha endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Hydroides dirampha classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderSabellida
  5. familySerpulidae
  6. genusHydroides
  7. SpeciesHydroides dirampha Mörch, 1863

Synonyms Eucarphus serratus, Eupomatus dirampha, Eupomatus lunifer, Eupomatus lunulifer, Hydroides benzoni, Hydroides cumingii, Hydroides cumingii navalis, Hydroides dirampha, Hydroides diramphus, Hydroides lunulifera, Hydroides malleophorus, Hydroides serratus, Serpula lunulifera, Vermilia benzonii, Vermilia cumingii, Vermilia dirampha

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • ヤグルマカンザシゴカイJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hydroides dirampha

Other species in the same genus Hydroides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Hydroides dirampha an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Hydroides dirampha as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 7 in all.

What kind of animal is Hydroides dirampha?

Hydroides dirampha (Hydroides dirampha) belongs to the family Serpulidae in the order Sabellida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hydroides dirampha (Hydroides dirampha). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hydroides-dirampha

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BibTeX
@misc{hydroides_dirampha_2026,
  title = {Hydroides dirampha (Hydroides dirampha)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hydroides-dirampha},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}