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University of Minho, Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology. Marcos A.M.L. Teixeira. Year: 2013.   cc-by-nc-sa-3.0

Leiochone leiopygos is a species of segmented worms in the family bamboo worms. They are upward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 100 mm. 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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EOL has data for 32 attributes, including:

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Leiochone leiopygos (Grube 1860). View this species on GBIF