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Lysilla jennacubinae Hutchings & Glasby 1986

ecosystem engineering

Queirós et al 2013
downward conveyor
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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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