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Prionospio cirrifera Wirén 1883

Prionospio cirrifera is a species of segmented worms in the family spionids. They are upward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 20 mm. They have parental care. Reproduction is semelparous and gonochoristic. They are sessile animals.

  • URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_UC
  • Definition: Upward conveyors are vertically oriented species that typically feed head-down at depth in the sediment. Vertically oriented head-down feeders actively select and ingest particles at the deeper sediments and egest these non-locally as faeces in the sediment surface
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Prionospio cirrifera Wirén 1883. View this species on GBIF