Thursday, July 28, 2016

Detritivore

This is a picture of a snail. A snail is an example of a detritivore. Detritivores are heterotrophs that get their nutrients by consuming detritus. Detritus is decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces. They are important in decomposition and recycling in the nutrient cycles. Detritivores are different from decomposers, because they are unable to consume lumps of matter. Instead, they absorb and metabolize matter on a molecular scale.

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