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Lanicola is a genus of segmented worms in the family Terebellidae. They are downward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 100 mm.

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  • 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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EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Lanicola Hartmann-Schröder 1986. View this species on GBIF