Hydroides elegans

Hydroides elegans (Haswell, 1883)
Calcareous tube worm

Family:	Serpulidae ()
Max. size:
Environment:	sessile; marine; depth range 0 - 2 m
Distribution:	Indo-West Pacific: from United Arab Emirates to Sri Lanka, east to New Caledonia and south to Sydney, Australia.
Diagnosis:
Biology:	Notable in tropical and subtropical coastal fouling communities (Ref. 102523). Found among living corals as well as on the underside of dead corals. Buried in the skeleton of Montastraea sp. while also seen attached to a dead Pocillopora damicornis (Ref. 102066). Inhabits coarse coral debris, sand, coral rubble on muddy sand, and as a fouling organism on wooden piers and harbours (Ref. 138012). Filter feeds to extract minute plankton and organic matter from water column (Ref. 107862).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:
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