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Phoronis Wright 1856

trophic guild

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suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
ciliary-mucus feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ciliary_mucus_feeder

Definition: a consumer that feeds using rows of cilia carrying a mucus sheet across some structure while water is passed through or across it

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(adult)
Brusca and Brusca, 2003
suspension feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/suspensionFeeder

Definition: An organism which feeds on organisms and/or particles suspended in the water column.

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(adult)