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Spionidae
Sign in to saveSpionidae is a family of marine worms within the Polychaeta. Spionids are selective deposit feeders that use their two grooved palps to locate prey. However, some spionids are capable of interface feeding, i.e. switching between deposit and suspension feeding.
Species
spionid worms
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderSpionida
- FamilySpionidae
Spionidae ist der Name einer Familie kleiner bis mittelgroßer, als Filtrierer lebender Vielborster (Polychaeta), deren über 100 Arten in Meeren weltweit zu finden sind.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8,818
- With media
- 1,041
- Family
- Spionidae
- Collections
- LACM, YPM, FC-UNAM, AUM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Spionidae is a family of marine worms within the Polychaeta. Spionids are selective deposit feeders that use their two grooved palps to locate prey. However, some spionids are capable of interface feeding, i.e. switching between deposit and suspension feeding.
Spionids produce tubes by cementing sand grains and detritus material with mucus produced by their glandular pouches. The Spionidae is one of the most studied polychaete families given their biological and commercial importance. Members of this family have been used in regeneration studies and some are capable of boring into calcareous substrate which has destructive implications for commercially important shellfish.
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