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Placozoans

Placozoa

trophic guild

Brusca and Brusca, 2003
phagocytosis feeder
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/phagocytosis

Definition: a consumer that feeds primarily by phagocytosis, a cellular-level process that results in the engulfment of food particles outside the body, by specialized cells called phagocytes. Literally, "eating by the cell".

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Brusca and Brusca, 2003
detritivore
URI: http://wikidata.org/entity/Q2750657

Definition: organism that obtains nutrients by consuming detritus

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