Common brittlestar data - Encyclopedia of Life

trophic guild

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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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carnivorous scavenger
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/carnivorous_scavenger

Definition: organism that feeds on dead animal material

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planktivore
URI: http://wikidata.org/entity/Q7201320

Definition: an aquatic organism that feeds on planktonic food

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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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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)

Common Brittlestar

Ophiothrix fragilis (Abildgaard ex O. F. Müller 1789)

trophic guild