Background The biofouling marine tube worm, Hydroides elegans, is an indirect developing polychaete with significance as a model organism for questions in developmental biology and the evolution of host-microbe interactions. However, a complete description

Background: The biofouling marine tube worm, Hydroides elegans, is an indirect developing polychaete with significance as a model organism for questions in developmental biology and the evolution of host-microbe interactions. However, a complete description

Mitochondrial genomes are frequently applied in phylogenetic and evolutionary studies across metazoans, yet they are still poorly represented in many groups of invertebrates, including annelids. Here, we report ten mitochondrial genomes from the annelid

The small serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans is a problem fouling organism in warm water marine harbors around the world. Often the first significant animal biofouler on newly submerged surfaces, its calcareous tubes can accumulate rapidly and create

Diverse animal taxa metamorphose between larval and juvenile phases in response to bacteria. Although bacteria-induced metamorphosis is widespread among metazoans, little is known about the molecular changes that occur in the animal upon stimulation by

The small serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans is a problem fouling organism in warm water marine harbors around the world. Often the first significant animal biofouler on newly submerged surfaces, its calcareous tubes can accumu late rapidly and create

The serpulid tubeworm, Hydroides elegans, is an ecologically and economically important species whose biology has been fairly well studied, especially in the context of larval development and settlement on man-made objects (biofouling). Nevertheless,