Detritivore is the consumer organism that feeds on detritus, parts of dead organisms, and cast-off fragments and wastes of living organisms. The two principal types are detritus feeders and decomposers.

Related Articles

Decomposer ■■■■■■■■■■
Decomposer is the Organism that digests parts of dead organisms and cast-off fragments and wastes of . . . Read More
Detritus feeder ■■■■■■■■■
Detritus feeder is the Organism that extracts nutrients from fragments of dead organisms and their cast-off . . . Read More
Consumer ■■■■■■■■
Consumer is the organism that cannot synthesize the organic nutrients it needs and gets its organic nutrients . . . Read More
Biological Treatment ■■■■■
A Biological Treatment is a treatment technology that uses bacteria to consume organic waste. In the . . . Read More
Biomass ■■■■■
A Biomass is all of the living material in a given areaoften refers to vegetation. (1) the amount of . . . Read More
Fish at top500.de■■■■■
In an industrial context, 'fish' typically refers to aquatic organisms that are harvested, processed, . . . Read More
Habitat at top500.de■■■■■
Habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant, . . . Read More
Benthos ■■■■
Benthic /Benthos are an Organism that feeds on the sediment at the bottom of a water body such as an . . . Read More
Species at top500.de■■■■
Species: In biology, a species (plural: species) is one of the basic units of biological classification . . . Read More
Biological Contaminants ■■■■
Biological Contaminants are Living organisms or derivates (eg. viruses, bacteria, fungi, and mammal and . . . Read More