What are the herbivores of the ocean?

Marine herbivores are found within four groups of species in the animal kingdom -- invertebrates, fish, reptiles and mammals -- and include zooplankton, mollusks, the green sea turtle, the marine iguana and some fish species. Manatees and dugongs are the only herbivores among marine mammals.

1. What are 2 herbivores in the ocean?
2. What is a herbivore in water?
3. What fishes are herbivores?
4. What are the 5 herbivores?
5. What are decomposers in the ocean?
6. What are carnivores in the ocean?
7. Are zooplankton herbivores?
8. Is a seahorse a herbivore?
9. Is a duck a herbivore?
10. Are dragonflies herbivores?
11. What are 20 examples of herbivores?
12. Are giraffes herbivores?
13. Are turtles herbivores?

What are 2 herbivores in the ocean?

Level Two: Herbivores

Larger herbivores include surgeonfish, parrotfish, green turtles, and manatees. Despite their differences in size, herbivores share a voracious appetite for ocean vegetation.

What is a herbivore in water?

Animals that eat phytoplankton are called herbivores. The most common ocean herbivore is zooplankton. Zooplankton are also microscopic but exist in huge numbers in the ocean. Another ocean herbivore is krill.

What fishes are herbivores?

Species of these herbivorous fish include: parrotfish, which eat corals that break off the reef and excrete them as white sand; damselfish, which fend off the macro algae growth that kills coral; and surgeonfish, whose most famous representative is Dory from Finding Nemo.

What are the 5 herbivores?

Commonly recognized herbivores include deer, rabbits, cows, sheep, goats, elephants, giraffes, horses, and pandas.

What are decomposers in the ocean?

Other sea creatures classified as decomposers include crustaceans and mollusks, bacteria, fungi, sea cucumbers, starfish, sea urchins, and other kinds of marine worms.

What are carnivores in the ocean?

Seals and sea lions are carnivores that consume fish, squid, and octopuses. Some carnivores, called obligate carnivores, depend only on meat for survival. Their bodies cannot digest plants properly. Plants do not provide enough nutrients for obligate carnivores.

Are zooplankton herbivores?

Zooplankton may be herbivores or plant-eaters (eat phytoplankton), carnivores or meat eaters (eat other zooplankton) or omnivores, which eat both plants and animals (eat phytoplankton and zooplankton).

Is a seahorse a herbivore?

Carnivorous as they eat Mysis shrimp. Seahorses eat between 30 and 65 times a day.

Is a duck a herbivore?

Ducks are omnivorous and will eat grass, aquatic plants, insects, seeds, fruit, fish, crustaceans and other types of food.

Are dragonflies herbivores?

They are almost exclusively carnivorous, eating a wide variety of insects ranging from small midges and mosquitoes to butterflies, moths, damselflies, and smaller dragonflies.

What are 20 examples of herbivores?

Answer: Herbivores - herbivores are the animals which eat only plants. Example - cow, goat, giraffe, horse, deer, donkey, Buffalo, sheep, camel, rabbits, kangaroo, squirrel, koala, zebra, yak, mouse, panda, gorilla, elephant, tortoises.

Are giraffes herbivores?

Giraffes are herbivores, which means they eat only plants. Their long necks allow them to reach leaves, seeds, fruits, buds and branches high up in mimosa and acacia trees.

Are turtles herbivores?

Some turtles are carnivores, while others follow a strictly vegetarian diet. Most turtles, however, are omnivores, eating both animals and plants. What a turtle eats depends on its species — specifically, what kind of jaw it has for masticating (chewing) food, where it lives and what food sources are available to it.