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Algae eater or
algivore is a
common name for any bottom-dwelling or filter-feeding
aquatic animal species that
specialize in
feeding on
algae and phytoplanktons...
- (subcategorised into folivores, graminivores, frugivores, granivores, nectarivores,
algivores, etc.), omnivores, fungivores, scavengers/detritivores, and parasites...
- Nectarivore:
eating nectar Palynivore:
eating pollen Xylophage:
eating wood
Algivore:
eating algae (both
macroalgae and microalgae) Phytoplanktonivore: eating...
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Types of
feeding strategies Feeding Strategy Diet
Examples Algivores Algae Krill, crabs, sea snail, sea urchin, parrotfish, surgeonfish,
flamingo Frugivores...
- T.,
Hirose E.,
Chikaraishi Y.,
Kawato M., Taki****a K. et al. (2012). "
Algivore or Phototroph?
Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda)
Continuously Acquires...
- 4–5
minutes for breathing. Kelp was its main food source,
making it an
algivore. The sea cow
likely fed on
several species of kelp,
which have been identified...
- T.,
Hirose E.,
Chikaraishi Y.,
Kawato M., Taki****a K. et al. (2012). "
Algivore or Phototroph?
Plakobranchus ocellatus (Gastropoda)
Continuously Acquires...
- most non-bivalvian molluscs,
echinoderms etc.). Many
benthic animals are
algivores,
detrivores and
scavengers who are
important basal consumers and intermediate...
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tendency to wrap
around plants and
aquarium furniture. It is a
favorite of
algivores such as
Amano shrimp.
There are
several species which are
referred to...
- Li, Y., Hu, Z., Sommerfeld, M., Chen, Y., & Hu, Q. (2015).
Vernalophrys algivore gen. nov., sp. nov. (rhizaria: Cercozoa: Vampyrellida), a new
algal predator...
