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Prionospio steenstrupi is a species of segmented worms in the family spionids. They are downward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 50 mm. They are sessile animals.

  • URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_DC
  • 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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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Prionospio steenstrupi Malmgren 1867 from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility   GBIF provides free and open access to biodiversity data. View this species on GBIF