WoRMS name details
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]
context source (HKRMS)
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]
From editor or global species database
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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