WoRMS taxon details
Hydroides malleolaspina Straughan, 1967
369240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369240)
accepted
Species
Hydroides trihamulatus Pillai, 2009 · unaccepted (types not designated, name...)
types not designated, name unavailable; moreover subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Straughan, Dale. (1967). Marine Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(1): 201-261., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=ZO9670201
page(s): 222-224, fig. 7a-f [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 222-224, fig. 7a-f [details] Available for editors
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Holotype AM W3625, geounit Fraser Island , Note Pialba, Hervey Bay (near Fraser Island),...
Holotype AM W3625, geounit Fraser Island [details]
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Type locality Pialba, Hervey Bay (near Fraser Island), Queensland, Australia, -25.2747° 152.8345° (map estimate) [details]
Etymology Not stated, but the name for H. malleolaspina is evidently a compound noun from Latin malleolus ‘small hammer’,...
Nomenclature original and correct spelling is 'malleolaspina', but may be seen as (masculine) 'malleolaspinus'
Taxonomic remark morphologically very similar to Hydroides ancorispinus Pillai, 1971
Etymology Not stated, but the name for H. malleolaspina is evidently a compound noun from Latin malleolus ‘small hammer’, referring to the dorsal hammer-shaped verticil spine, and spina ‘thorn’ [details]
Nomenclature original and correct spelling is 'malleolaspina', but may be seen as (masculine) 'malleolaspinus'
Nomenclature original and correct spelling is 'malleolaspina', but may be seen as (masculine) 'malleolaspinus' [details]
Taxonomic remark morphologically very similar to Hydroides ancorispinus Pillai, 1971
Taxonomic remark morphologically very similar to Hydroides ancorispinus Pillai, 1971 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Hydroides malleolaspina Straughan, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369240 on 2026-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Straughan, Dale. (1967). Marine Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of eastern Queensland and New South Wales. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 15(1): 201-261., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=ZO9670201
page(s): 222-224, fig. 7a-f [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hydroides trihamulatus Pillai, 2009) Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 61(2): 93-199., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Pillai-2009-Rec-Aust-Mus-612-93199/
page(s): 131-133, figs. 24A-G, 25A-C, 26A-L [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 222-224, fig. 7a-f [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Hydroides trihamulatus Pillai, 2009) Pillai, T. G. (2009). Descriptions of new serpulid polychaetes from the Kimberleys of Australia and discussion of Australian and Indo-West Pacific species of Spirobranchus and superficially similar taxa. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 61(2): 93-199., available online at http://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Pillai-2009-Rec-Aust-Mus-612-93199/
page(s): 131-133, figs. 24A-G, 25A-C, 26A-L [details] Available for editors
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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 Kupriyanova, E.; Sun, Y.; Wong, E.; Ten Hove, H. (2023). Hydroides of the World. , available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=6krIEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&ots=EB8wg9X76r&dq=Kupriyanova%2C%20E.%3B%20Sun%2C%20Y.%3B%20Wong%2C%20E.%3B%20Ten%20Hove%2C%20H.%20(2023).%20Hydroides%20of%20the%20World.%20&lr&hl=nl&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 135-136, fig. 71 [details]
additional source Imajima, Minoru and Hove, Harry A. ten 1984. Serpulinae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Truk Island, Ponape and Majuro Atoll, with some other new Indo-Pacific records. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 27: 35-66. [details]
[request]additional source Kupriyanova, E.; Sun, Y.; Wong, E.; Ten Hove, H. (2023). Hydroides of the World. , available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=6krIEAAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&ots=EB8wg9X76r&dq=Kupriyanova%2C%20E.%3B%20Sun%2C%20Y.%3B%20Wong%2C%20E.%3B%20Ten%20Hove%2C%20H.%20(2023).%20Hydroides%20of%20the%20World.%20&lr&hl=nl&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 135-136, fig. 71 [details]
additional source Imajima, Minoru and Hove, Harry A. ten 1984. Serpulinae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the Truk Island, Ponape and Majuro Atoll, with some other new Indo-Pacific records. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 27: 35-66. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype AM W3625, geounit Fraser Island [details]
Nontype (of Hydroides trihamulatus Pillai, 2009) AM W21412, geounit Kimberley [details]
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Etymology Not stated, but the name for H. malleolaspina is evidently a compound noun from Latin malleolus ‘small hammer’, referring to the dorsal hammer-shaped verticil spine, and spina ‘thorn’ [details]Nomenclature original and correct spelling is 'malleolaspina', but may be seen as (masculine) 'malleolaspinus' [details]
Taxonomic remark morphologically very similar to Hydroides ancorispinus Pillai, 1971 [details]
Type locality Pialba, Hervey Bay (near Fraser Island), Queensland, Australia, -25.2747° 152.8345° (map estimate) [details]
