Savigny's brittle star data - Encyclopedia of Life

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filter feeder
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1252491

Definition: a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure

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detritivore
URI: http://wikidata.org/entity/Q2750657

Definition: organism that obtains nutrients by consuming detritus

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molluscivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3319613

Definition: carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs

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invertivore
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore

Definition: An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)

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carnivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81875

Definition: organism that eats mostly or exclusively animal tissue

Attribution: Crustacean body sizes

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algivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7486201

Definition: consumer that eats algae

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herbivore
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q59099

Definition: animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material

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microphage
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3312246

Definition: a consumer which handles food items in bulk without manipulating them individually

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
microphage
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3312246

Definition: a consumer which handles food items in bulk without manipulating them individually

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(adult)

Savigny's Brittle Star

Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel 1842)

trophic guild