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Alaska for Lymnaea arctica I. Lea, 1864 
Anse de Belliveau for Euspira triseriata (Say, 1826) 
Anse de Belliveau for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 † 
Anse de Belliveau for Polinices heros (Say, 1822) 
Bar Road for Adalaria proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854) 
Bar Road for Amphiporus groenlandicus Ørsted, 1843 
Bar Road for Bowerbankia gracilis Leidy, 1855 
Bar Road for Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 
Bar Road for Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) 
Bar Road for Flabellina verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829) 
Bar Road for Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Bar Road for Thracia conradi Couthouy, 1839 
Bay of Fundy for Bathyarca pectunculoides (Scacchi, 1835) 
Bay of Fundy for Haloclava producta (Stimpson, 1856) 
Bay of Fundy for Hanleya nagelfar (Lovén, 1846) 
Bay of Fundy for Haploops fundiensis Wildish & Dickinson, 1982 
Bay of Fundy for Limacina retroversa (J. Fleming, 1823) 
Bay of Fundy for Lycaea pulex Marion, 1874 
Bay of Fundy for Nephasoma (Nephasoma) eremita (Sars, 1851) 
Bay of Fundy for Oikopleura (Vexillaria) labradoriensis Lohmann, 1892 
Bay of Fundy for Ptychatractus ligatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) 
Bay of Fundy for Serratosagitta tasmanica (Thompson, 1947) 
Bay of Fundy for Taranis cirrata (Brugnone, 1862) 
Bay of Fundy for Torellia delicata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) 
Bay of Fundy for Urosalpinx cinerea (Say, 1822) 
Bay of Fundy for Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Big Duck Island for Margarites striatus (Leach, 1819) 
Birch Cove for Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Birch Cove for Procerodes littoralis (Strøm, 1768) 
Bliss Harbour for Diaphana minuta T. Brown, 1827 
Bliss Harbour for Metopella carinata (Hansen, 1888) 
Bliss Harbour for Nuculana minuta (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
Bliss Harbour for Periploma fragile (Totten, 1835) 
Bliss Harbour for Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816 
Bliss Harbour for Propebela exarata (Møller, 1842) 
Bliss Harbour for Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803) 
Bliss Harbour for Yoldiella nana (M. Sars, 1865) 
Bliss Island Point for Edwardsia elegans Verrill, 1869 
Bocabec Cove for Curtitoma incisula (A. E. Verrill, 1882) 
Bocabec Cove for Euspira triseriata (Say, 1826) 
Bocabec Cove for Haploops fundiensis Wildish & Dickinson, 1982 
Bocabec Cove for Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) 
Bocabec Cove for Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 
Bocabec Cove for Nuculana tenuisulcata (Couthouy, 1838) 
Bocabec Cove for Yoldia sapotilla (A. Gould, 1841) 
Brandy Cove for Amphiporus frontalis Verrill, 1892 
Brandy Cove for Chaetoderma nitidulum Lovén, 1844 
Brandy Cove for Curtitoma incisula (A. E. Verrill, 1882) 
Brandy Cove for Curtitoma violacea (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842) 
Brandy Cove for Dendronotus frondosus (Ascanius, 1774) 
Brandy Cove for Fritillaria borealis Lohmann, 1896 
Brandy Cove for Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) 
Brandy Cove for Littorina saxatilis (Olivi, 1792) 
Brandy Cove for Lyonsia arenosa (Møller, 1842) 
Brandy Cove for Modiolus modiolus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Brandy Cove for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 † 
Brandy Cove for Mytilus edulis Linnaeus, 1758 
Brandy Cove for Notoplana atomata (Müller OF, 1776) 
Brandy Cove for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Brandy Cove for Nucula delphinodonta Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842 
Brandy Cove for Propebela harpularia (Couthouy, 1838) 
Brandy Cove for Ramphogordius sanguineus (Rathke, 1799) 
Brandy Cove for Tetrastemma elegans (Girard, 1852) 
Brier Island for Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard, 1789) 
Brier Island for Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) 
Brier Island for Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 
Brier Island for Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) 
Brier Island for Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) 
Brier Island for Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Brier Island for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Brier Island for Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
Brier Island for Tonicella rubra (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Brier Island for Velutina velutina (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
Browns Flat for Mya arenaria Linnaeus, 1758 † 
Canada for Lymnaea arctica I. Lea, 1864 
Cape Hatteras for Vitrinella diaphana (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Cape Spencer for Xylophaga atlantica H. G. Richards, 1942 
Chamcook for Eucratea loricata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Chamcook for Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Chamcook for Musculus discors (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Chamcook for Valvata tricarinata (Say, 1817) 
Clam Cove for Admete couthouyi (J. C. Jay, 1839) 
Clam Cove for Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Clam Cove for Astarte borealis (Schumacher, 1817) 
Clam Cove for Astarte crenata (J. E. Gray, 1824) 
Clam Cove for Astarte subaequilatera G. B. Sowerby II, 1854 
Clam Cove for Astarte undata A. Gould, 1841 
Clam Cove for Buccinum undatum Linnaeus, 1758 
Clam Cove for Cardita borealis Conrad, 1832 
Clam Cove for Colus pygmaeus (A. Gould, 1841) 
Clam Cove for Colus stimpsoni (Mörch, 1868) 
Clam Cove for Crenella glandula (Totten, 1834) 
Clam Cove for Crucibulum striatum (Say, 1826) 
Clam Cove for Epitonium greenlandicum (Perry, 1811) 
Clam Cove for Euspira immaculata (Totten, 1835) 
Clam Cove for Euspira triseriata (Say, 1826) 
Clam Cove for Haploops fundiensis Wildish & Dickinson, 1982 
Clam Cove for Limneria undata (T. Brown, 1839) 
Clam Cove for Lyonsia hyalina (Conrad, 1831) 
Clam Cove for Musculus corrugatus (W. Stimpson, 1851) 
Dutch cunner for Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum, 1792)
English abyssal grenedier for Coryphaenoides armatus (Hector, 1875)
English abyssal halosaur for Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther, 1878)
English abyssal smooth-head for Rinoctes nasutus (Koefoed, 1927)
English academy eel for Apterichtus ansp (Böhlke, 1968)
English Acadian redfish for Sebastes fasciatus Storer, 1854
English African pompano for Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787)
English Agassiz' smoothhead for Alepocephalus agassizii Goode & Bean, 1883
English Agassiz's cadulus [from synonym] for Cadulus agassizii Dall, 1881
English Agassiz's cadulus for Gadila agassizii (Dall, 1881)
English agujon needlefish for Tylosurus acus (Lacepède, 1803)
English albacore for Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
English albino anglemouth for Cyclothone alba Brauer, 1906
English ale-wife for Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson, 1811)
English alfonsino for Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829
English alligatorfish for Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786)
English Almaco jack for Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833
English American avocet for Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, 1789
English American bittern for Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)
English American black duck for Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902
English American brook lamprey [from synonym] for Lampetra appendix (DeKay, 1842)
English American coot for Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789
English American crow for Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, 1822
English American eel for Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)
English American freshwater goby [from synonym] for Gobionellus shufeldti (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1887)
English American golden plover for Pluvialis dominica (Müller, 1776)
English American halfbeak for Hyporhamphus meeki Banford & Collette, 1993
English American harvestfish for Peprilus paru (Linnaeus, 1758)
English American kestrel for Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758
English American oystercatcher for Haematopus palliatus Temminck, 1820
English American pelicanfoot [from synonym] for Aporrhais occidentalis (H. Beck, 1836)
English American plaice for Hippoglossoides platessoides (Fabricius, 1780)
English American sackfish for Neoepinnula americana (Grey, 1953)
English American sand lance for Ammodytes americanus DeKay, 1842
English American shad for Alosa sapidissima (Wilson, 1811)
English American stardrum for Stellifer lanceolatus (Holbrook, 1855)
English American straptail grenedier for Malacocephalus occidentalis Goode & Bean, 1885
English American white pelican for Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789
English American wigeon for Anas americana Gmelin, 1789
English American woodcock for Scolopax minor Gmelin, 1789
English angelfish for Holacanthus bermudensis Goode, 1876
English anglefin whiff for Citharichthys gymnorhinus Gutherz & Blackman, 1970
English angular brittle star [from synonym] for Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825)
English angulate wentletrap for Epitonium angulatum (Say, 1831)
English antenna codlet for Bregmaceros atlanticus Goode & Bean, 1886
English Arctic alligatorfish [from synonym] for Ulcina olriki (Lütken, 1877)
English Arctic alligatorfish [from synonym] for Ulcina olrikii (Lütken, 1877)
English Arctic barrel-bubble for Retusa obtusa (Montagu, 1803)
English Arctic cancellate chiton [from synonym] for Lepidopleurus cancellatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
English Arctic char for Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Arctic cod for Boreogadus saida (Lepechin, 1774)
English Arctic eelpout for Lycodes reticulatus Reinhardt, 1835
English Arctic hiatella for Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
English Arctic moonsnail for Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
English Arctic paperbubble for Diaphana minuta T. Brown, 1827
English Arctic paper-bubble for Diaphana minuta T. Brown, 1827
English Arctic roughmya [from synonym] for Panomya arctica (Lamarck, 1818)
English Arctic roughmya for Panomya norvegica (Spengler, 1793)
English Arctic saxicave for Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
English Arctic sculpin for Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780)
English Arctic shanny for Stichaeus punctatus (Fabricius, 1780)
English arctic skate for Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879)
English Arctic staghorn sculpin [from synonym] for Gymnocanthus triscuspis (Reinhardt, 1832)
English Arctic surfclam for Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860)
English Arctic tern for Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
English armored searobin for Peristedion miniatum Goode, 1880
English arrow squid [from synonym] for Loligo pleii Blainville, 1823
English arrow worm for Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875)
English arrow worm for Parasagitta elegans (Verrill, 1873)
English arrow worm for Pseudosagitta maxima (Conant, 1896)
English arrow worm for Serratosagitta serratodentata (Krohn, 1853)
English arrow worm for Serratosagitta tasmanica (Thompson, 1947)
English arrowhead dogfish for Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)
English Artic moonsnail for Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
English Atlantic amphissa [from synonym] for Amphissa haliaeeti (Jeffreys, 1867)
English Atlantic ancula for Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
English Atlantic argentine for Argentina silus (Ascanius, 1775)
English Atlantic awningclam for Solemya velum Say, 1822
English Atlantic batfish for Dibranchus atlanticus Peters, 1876
English Atlantic black seahare for Aplysia morio (A. E. Verrill, 1901)
English Atlantic bonito for Sarda sarda (Bloch, 1793)
English Atlantic brief squid for Lolliguncula brevis (Blainville, 1823)
English Atlantic bumper for Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus, 1766)
English Atlantic cod for Gadus morhua Linnaeus, 1758
English Atlantic dogwinkle for Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Atlantic eelpout for Lycodes terraenovae Collett, 1896
English Atlantic fanfish for Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837
English Atlantic flat lepton [from synonym] for Mysella planulata (W. Stimpson, 1851)
English Atlantic footballfish for Himantolophus groenlandicus Reinhardt, 1837
English Atlantic giant cockle for Dinocardium robustum ([Lightfoot], 1786)
English Atlantic goldeye tilefish for Caulolatilus chrysops (Valenciennes, 1833)
English Atlantic great piddock for Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Atlantic guitarfish [from synonym] for Rhinobatos lentiginosus Garman, 1880
English Atlantic hagfish for Myxine glutinosa Linnaeus, 1758
English Atlantic halibut for Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Atlantic hawksbill turtle for Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
English Atlantic herring for Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
English Atlantic hookear sculpin for Artediellus atlanticus Jordan & Evermann, 1898
English Atlantic longarm octopus [from synonym] for Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851
English Atlantic mackerel for Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758
 Biology

ectoparasite on Myoxocephalus and Lycodes [details]

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ectoparasite found on fishes. infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

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parasitic on host [details]

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Food items include algae, small crustaceans and fish, and various invertebrate larvae [details]

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Feeds on zooplankton and algae and aggregates high in the water column [details]

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Feeds on fishes and squids [details]

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Feeds on algae [details]

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Feeds entirely on algae  [details]

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Herbivorous but also feeds on crustaceans  [details]

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phytosynthetic [details]

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phytosynthetic [details]

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Feeds on bottoms organisms including molluscs, gastropods and clams [details]

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Feeds on bottom organisms such as plants, insect larvae, crustaceans, molluscs and annelid worms [details]

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photosynthetic [details]

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photosynthetic [details]

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Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that ... [details]

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Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that ... [details]

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Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that ... [details]

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bacteria, fungi and other nematodes [details]

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Small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellular algae. [details]

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photosynthetic [details]

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Feeds on smaller plankton, mainly copepods [details]

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eat the seeds of the trees in flooded timber or wooded swamps, occasionally feed in fields, eating various grains [details]

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generally, most turbellarians are carnivorous or are scavengers on dead animal tissue [details]

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Small microorganisms, including diatoms and other unicellular algae. [details]

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Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that ... [details]

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Feeds on polychaetes, pelecypods, amphipods and other benthic prey  [details]

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Feeds mainly on benthic organisms which includes pelecypods, amphipods, mysids, polychaetes and ophiuroids [details]

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Feeds on polychaetes [details]

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Feeds on amphipods, mysids, copepods and polychaetes [details]

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Feeds on euphausiid shrimps and fishes  [details]

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Fishes, cephalopods, tunicates and crustaceans  [details]

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Feeds mostly ctenophores, but also crustaceans, echinoderms and polychaetes [details]

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Feeds mostly on coelenterates, but also decapods, tunicates and fishes  [details]

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general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details]

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general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details]

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Feeds on pelagic and bottom fishes and squids  [details]

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Bluefish, menhaden, shad, mackerel and other schooling fishes, as well as squid [details]

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Feeds on small fishes, copepods, and small shrimps [details]

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Feed on small fishes, also squid, small crabs and other crustaceans, as well as fish eggs [details]

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Feeds on shrimps, small fishes, diatoms, copepods and ostracods [details]

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Feed on copepods, insect larvae, mysids and small fishes [details]

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Feeds on a variety of plants, including algae and seagrasses  [details]

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Feeds on algae, seagrass, hydrozoans, gorgonians, colonial anemones, and tunicates.  [details]

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plankton feeder [details]

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Feed on all kinds of bottom animals  [details]

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Feeds on small fishes and free swimming crustaceans  [details]

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Crustaceans, bony fishes and polychaete worms [details]

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Feeds on copepods, mysids, amphipods, snails, clams, isopods, crabs and polychaetes [details]

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Feeds on planktonic organisms especially copepods [details]

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general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details]

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general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details]

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suspension feeding. Captures minute particles of food on their collars and ingesting them. [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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generally for group, they are carnivorous; in some cases only the body juices are ingested but the whole prey may ... [details]

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fine organic particles [details]

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general for group: both heterotrophic (eat other organisms) and autotrophic (photosynthetic) [details]

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Feeds on sea gooseberries, medusas, small fishes, also echinoderms, crustaceans and molluscs (not so hard-shelled)  [details]

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Feeds on echinoderms, molluscs, crustaceans and fish, especially redfish [details]

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Feeds on starfishes, tube worms, sea urchins, molluscs, seaweeds and sand eels [details]

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feed on grain fields, including rice, wheat, barley, and oats. [details]

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plant life and aquatic insects [details]

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crustaceans, molluscs, insects, seeds, leaves, stems [details]

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marine invertebrates and seeds of marine vegetation [details]

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seeds, plants, insects, molluscs [details]

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vegetation, insects, worms, gastropods, arthropods, grains [details]

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seeds and vegetative parts of aquatic plants and crop plants, invertebrates (insects, molluscs, crustaceans) [details]

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aquatic plants, insects, crustaceans, amphibians, mollusks and fish [details]

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Feeds on copepods, gastropods and foraminifers, occasionally ostracods and annelids  [details]

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obligate intestinal parasites that lack their own digestive system. [details]

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Feeds on freshwater and marine fauna  [details]

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At sea, young eels feed on plankton, juveniles and adults feed on bottom fishes and invertebrates. In freshwater, ... [details]

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eats hydroids [details]

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Feeds on crustaceans as young, fish as adults  [details]

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Feed on crustaceans, worms and small fishes  [details]

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bacteria, fungi and other nematodes [details]

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Molluscs, crustaceans, marine worms, coelenterates, salps and fishes  [details]

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feed on mainly foraminiferans [details]

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Feeds on small molluscs and crustaceans  [details]