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Hydroides operculata

Status not recordedworms

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

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Quick facts about Hydroides operculata

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 operculata live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Hydroides operculata as introduced in 2 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Türkiyeinvasive
  2. Lebanon

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 operculata 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 operculata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumAnnelida
  3. classPolychaeta
  4. orderSabellida
  5. familySerpulidae
  6. genusHydroides
  7. SpeciesHydroides operculata (Treadwell, 1929)

Synonyms Eupomatus operculata, Hydroides operculatus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hydroides operculata

Other species in the same genus Hydroides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Hydroides operculata an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags Hydroides operculata as invasive in 1 country: Türkiye. It lists it as introduced in 2 in all.

What kind of animal is Hydroides operculata?

Hydroides operculata (Hydroides operculata) 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 operculata (Hydroides operculata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hydroides-operculata

MLA

“Hydroides operculata (Hydroides operculata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hydroides-operculata.

BibTeX
@misc{hydroides_operculata_2026,
  title = {Hydroides operculata (Hydroides operculata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hydroides-operculata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}