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Polydora cornuta is a species of segmented worms in the family spionids. They are upward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 3 cm. They have parental care. Reproduction is iteroparous and semelparous. 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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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Polydora cornuta Bosc 1802 from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility   GBIF provides free and open access to biodiversity data. View this species on GBIF