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Gulf of Maine for Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848) 
Gulf of Maine for Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783) 
Gulf of Maine for Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Gulf of Maine for Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805) 
Gulf of Maine for Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Gulf of Maine for Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) 
Gulf of Maine for Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857) 
Gulf of Maine for Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853) 
Gulf of Maine for Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846) 
Gulf of Maine for Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
Gulf of Maine for Leptasterias tenera (Stimpson, 1862) 
Gulf of Maine for Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846) 
Gulf of Maine for Porania (Porania) pulvillus insignis Verrill, 1895 
Gulf of Maine for Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
Gulf of Maine for Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars, 1861 
Gulf of Maine for Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) 
Gulf of Maine for Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) 
Gulf of Maine for Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
North West Atlantic for Asterias forbesi (Desor, 1848) 
North West Atlantic for Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 
North West Atlantic for Ceramaster granularis (Retzius, 1783) 
North West Atlantic for Ceramaster granularis granularis (Retzius, 1783) 
North West Atlantic for Crossaster papposus (Linnaeus, 1767) 
North West Atlantic for Ctenodiscus crispatus (Bruzelius, 1805) 
North West Atlantic for Diplopteraster multipes (M. Sars, 1866) 
North West Atlantic for Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
North West Atlantic for Henricia perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
North West Atlantic for Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
North West Atlantic for Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780) 
North West Atlantic for Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) 
North West Atlantic for Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857) 
North West Atlantic for Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
North West Atlantic for Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853) 
North West Atlantic for Leptasterias tenera (Stimpson, 1862) 
North West Atlantic for Luidia clathrata (Say, 1825) 
North West Atlantic for Pedicellaster typicus M. Sars, 1861 
North West Atlantic for Pontaster tenuispinus (Düben & Koren, 1846) 
North West Atlantic for Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
North West Atlantic for Porania (Porania) pulvillus insignis Verrill, 1895 
North West Atlantic for Poraniomorpha hispida (M. Sars, 1872) 
North West Atlantic for Pseudarchaster parellii (Düben & Koren, 1846) 
North West Atlantic for Psilaster andromeda (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
North West Atlantic for Psilaster andromeda florae (Verrill, 1878) 
North West Atlantic for Pteraster militaris (O.F. Müller, 1776) 
North West Atlantic for Pteraster pulvillus M. Sars, 1861 
North West Atlantic for Solaster endeca (Linnaeus, 1771) 
North West Atlantic for Stephanasterias albula (Stimpson, 1853) 
North West Atlantic for Urasterias lincki (Müller & Troschel, 1842) 
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]

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