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Meaning of "detritivores"
Organisms that feed on dead and decaying organic matter. For example, 'Earthworms are often considered detritivores as they consume decaying leaves and plants.'
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Others are detritivores and feed on decaying material.
Larger populations of life forms attract detritivores.
Detritivores eat the dead bodies of living.
Its members are either plant parasites or detritivores.
Detritivores are an important aspect of many ecosystems.
These animals are detritivores and are hermaphrodites.
They are a beneficial saprophagous species detritivores.
Some are detritivores and eat dead organic material.
The juveniles of the species are detritivores.
Detritivores are somewhat a branch of decomposers.
Some fish also became detritivores.
Detritivores are organisms that consume dead organic matter.
They were either herbivores or detritivores.
Decomposers and detritivores are the last link in any food chain.
Most species are in fact detritivores.
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Detritivores and decomposers make up the last part of food chains.
The larvae are most likely plant detritivores or lichenivorous.
The worms live in tubes made of sand and are filter feeders and detritivores.
They are detritivores.
Ophiuroids are generally scavengers or detritivores.
Total macroinvertebrates and total detritivores did not preferentially colonize cages enriched with detritus.
Many species of beetle are detritivores.
Detritivores Organisms which feed on fragmented particulate organic matter.
Most species are detritivores.
Traits of predator invertebrates can also act on litter decomposition indirectly through interactions with detritivores.
However, detritivores are actually a classification of decomposers.
There has also been a concomitant increase in the abundance of detritivores and herbivores.
In food webs, detritivores generally play the roles of decomposers.
They will extend from rocks to feed and appear to be mostly scavengers or detritivores.
Opisthobranchs may be herbivores, detritivores or carnivores.
Fish that consume detritus and gain energy by processing its organic material are called detritivores.
Collectively, these organisms are the detritivores that regulate soil formation.
The Vetulicola are thought to have been swimmers that were either filter feeders or detritivores.
Nearly all starfish are detritivores or carnivores, though a few are suspension feeders.
Cannibalism is not restricted to carnivorous species, it also occurs in herbivores and in detritivores.
By doing so, all these detritivores contribute to decomposition and the nutrient cycles.
For example, burrowing depth determines the role of detritivores in alpine meadows.
Decomposers and detritivores complete this process, by consuming the remains left by scavengers.
Whatever, presence of these pollutants in litter did not impair litter consumption by some detritivores.
Are there abundant invertebrates and detritivores that are decomposing and cycling organic material?
Examples of detritivores include crabs, vultures, and worms while decomposers include fungi and bacteria.
Croppers, scavengers, and detritivores are gatherers respectively of live, dead, and particulate material.
