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Capitella minima is a species of segmented worms in the family Capitellidae. They are downward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 20 mm. They have parental care. Reproduction is gonochoristic, iteroparous, and semelparous. They are sessile crawlers.

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  • Definition: Downward conveyors exhibit a feeding strategy opposite to that of upward conveyors. Vertically oriented head-up feeders actively select and ingest particles at the surface and egest these non-locally as faeces in deeper sediment strata
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Capitella minima Langerhans 1880. View this species on GBIF