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Image of Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards 1833)
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Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards 1833)

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

Scolelepis foliosa is a species of segmented worms in the family spionids. They are upward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 160 mm. They are facultatively mobile 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 Scolelepis (Scolelepis) foliosa (Audouin & Milne Edwards 1833). View this species on GBIF