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Detritivores (also
known as detrivores, detritophages,
detritus feeders or
detritus eaters) are
heterotrophs that
obtain nutrients by
consuming detritus...
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plants or life
forms (-phyte, -obe)
produce various terms, such as
detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their...
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ending at an apex
predator (such as
grizzly bears or
killer whales),
detritivore (such as
earthworms and woodlice), or
decomposer (such as
fungi or bacteria)...
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placed in a
separate category called detritivores.
These categories are not, in fact,
mutually exclusive. "
Detritivore"
describes behavior and physiology...
- granivores, nectarivores, algivores, etc.), omnivores, fungivores, scavengers/
detritivores, and parasites.
Interactions between animals of each
biome form complex...
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decompose (remineralise) it. Such
microorganisms may be decomposers,
detritivores, or coprophages. In
terrestrial ecosystems detritus is
present as plant...
- some of the most
important pollinators,
basal consumers, scavengers/
detritivores and
micropredators in
terrestrial environments.
Hexapods are
named for...
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predator or a scavenger.
Organic material may then be
further decomposed by
detritivores,
organisms that
recycle detritus,
returning it to the
environment for...
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gills and a lung (e.g. Ampullariidae). Most feed on algae, but many are
detritivores and some are
filter feeders.
Freshwater snails are
indirectly among the...
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range in size from 1 to 340
millimetres (0.039 to 13 in) and are
mostly detritivores or scavengers.
There are more than 9,900
amphipod species so far described...
