WoRMS name details
Hydroides rhombobulus Chen & Wu, 1980
328468 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328468)
unaccepted (incorrect original spelling for gender agreement)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chen, Mu; Wu, BaoLing. (1980). Two new species of the genus Hydroides (Polychaeta Serpulidae). <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> 11(3): 247-250. [details] Available for editors 
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Note Dongshan, Fujian Province, China, 23.6689°,...
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Type locality Dongshan, Fujian Province, China, 23.6689°, 117.3969° (map estimate)[details]
Etymology Not stated, but the name for H. rombobulus may be referring to the shape of the verticil spines, derived from a combination...
Etymology Not stated, but the name for H. rombobulus may be referring to the shape of the verticil spines, derived from a combination of Greek ρομβος (rombos) ‘rhombus’, which is a parallelogram with only opposite angles equal, and Latin –ulus, which is a diminutive in masculine-form. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides rhombobulus Chen & Wu, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328468 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Chen, Mu; Wu, BaoLing. (1980). Two new species of the genus Hydroides (Polychaeta Serpulidae). <em>Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica.</em> 11(3): 247-250. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Sun, Y. N. (2011). Biodiversity and Phylogeny of Coral-associated Polychaetes. Mphil Thesis, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Not stated, but the name for H. rombobulus may be referring to the shape of the verticil spines, derived from a combination of Greek ρομβος (rombos) ‘rhombus’, which is a parallelogram with only opposite angles equal, and Latin –ulus, which is a diminutive in masculine-form. [details]Type locality Dongshan, Fujian Province, China, 23.6689°, 117.3969° (map estimate)
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