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Bristleworm

Polydora ciliata (Johnston 1838)

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Polydora ciliata (Bristleworm) is a species of segmented worms in the family spionids. They are upward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 50 mm. They have parental care. Reproduction is gonochoristic, iteroparous, and semelparous. They are sessile burrowers.

  • 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 bristleworm. View this species on GBIF