Filter feeder

As a filter feeder animals are referred to that filter their food ( detritus, plankton) from the water.

Some, usually sessile ( stuck ) species are filtered suspension feeders. They feed by letting the suspension of water and the solid food particles contained therein as suspended solids pass through their screening devices. Many types called, " Strudler " or " Strudeler " this generate active water flow. Other filter the water while swimming, eating, such as the baleen whales, the zooplankton ( krill ). Some birds, such as flamingos, the water filter with a Seihschnabel.

Examples

  • Sessile sponges
  • Coral
  • " Ring sensor" (animals with Lophophoren, including bryozoans, brachiopods )
  • Crinoids
  • Mussels
  • Tubeworms
  • Barnacles (among barnacles, mussels)
  • Flügelkiemer
  • Tunicates (by means of gills and intestine )
  • Water Flea
  • Punctata
  • Feather stars
  • Lancelet (via gills and intestine )
  • Querder, larvae of lampreys
  • Basking shark, whale shark, Megamouth, Devil Rays (via gills Reuse )
  • Herring (via gills Reuse, seasonal items that fit on prey gasping )
  • Some Coregonus species ( " Sweden Brenken " behave like herrings ) (by means of gills Reuse )
  • Silver carp (via gills Reuse )
  • Baleen whales (using Barten )
  • Diet type
Antarctic krill Phytoplankton
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