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Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède 1868)

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Malacoceros fuliginosus is a species of segmented worms in the family spionids. They are downward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 100 mm. They have asexual reproduction and parental care. Reproduction is iteroparous, gonochoristic, and semelparous. They are sessile burrowers.

  • URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_DC
  • 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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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019954
  • Definition: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Malacoceros fuliginosus (Claparède 1868). View this species on GBIF