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Filter feeder

Filter feeders are aquatic animals that feed on organic matter, food particles or smaller organisms (bacteria, microalgae and zooplanktons) suspended in water, typically by having the water pass over or through a specialized filtering organ that sieves out and/or traps solids. Filter feeders can play an important role in condensing biomass and removing…

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SubphylumSister groupSeafloorSubstratesFungi
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Aquatic animalsFeedOrganic matterFoodParticles
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Feeding mechanism

MusselsBenthicCiliaMuscles
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Filter feeder

Nodes209
Edges208
Triples76
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009569
Components1

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Filter feeder

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related to Bivalves · 20
Filter feeder → Bivalve, Bivalves, Buried, Chesapeake Bay's, Each, For, In, In Sweden, Long Island Sound, Most, Nephridia, Nutrient, Oysters, PSP, Removal, Scientists, Suspended, The, Today, Typically
related to Arthropods · 12
Filter feeder → Antarctic, Aquatic, Crustaceans, In, Instead, Most, Mysidaceans, Mysids, Porcelain, Some, They, This
related to Lancelets · 10
Filter feeder → Both, Cephalochordata, Ciliary, Hatschek's, Having, In, Lancelets, The, They, Water
related to External links · 4
Filter feeder → Archived, Filter, May, Wayback MachineMussel Watch Programme
has effect · 2
Filter feeder → Filter, They

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filter water feeding food feeders particles baleen species whales also mouth cilia mucus bivalves lancelets filtering nutrients whale small large

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most species of forage fishinstance ofas well as many marine vertebrates0.80text
American paddlefishinstance ofas well as many marine vertebrates0.80text
silverinstance ofas well as many marine vertebrates0.80text
bighead carpsinstance ofas well as many marine vertebrates0.80text
baleen whalesinstance ofas well as many marine vertebrates0.80text
manta rayinstance ofas well as many marine vertebrates0.80text
three species of sharksinstance ofas well as many marine vertebrates0.80text
mussels could collide withinstance ofthat sticky limbs of the filters of animals0.80text
trap particles smaller than the mesh size.Another essential component of a filter feeding mechanism is a pump to force a flow of water over the filterinstance ofthat sticky limbs of the filters of animals0.80text
krill from waterinstance ofare characterized by having baleen plates for filtering food0.80text
the blue whaleinstance ofRorquals0.80text
in contrastinstance ofRorquals0.80text

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