Spongivore

См. также в других словарях:

• Spongivore — Régime alimentaire basé sur la consommation d éponges. Très peu de vertébrés sont spongivores. Bon nombre d éponges sont très toxiques pour la plupart des organismes. L éventail des toxines étant large, les spongivores se contentent de consommer… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Spongivore — A spongivore is an organism that feeds primarily on animals of the Phylum Porifera, commonly called sea sponges.ExamplesThe hawksbill turtle is one of the few animals known to feed primarily on sponges. It is the only known spongivorous… …   Wikipedia

• spongivore — sponge eating, e.g. the Lake Tanganyika cichlid Chalinochromis brichardi …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• List of feeding behaviours — Feeding is the process by which organisms, typically animals, obtain food. Terminology often uses either the suffix vore from Latin vorare, meaning to devour , or phagy, from Greek φαγειν, meaning to eat . Mosquito drinking blood …   Wikipedia

• Régime alimentaire — Cet article concerne l alimentation des animaux. Pour les régimes alimentaires d ordre culturel pratiqués par l Homme, voir pratique alimentaire. Pour les régimes visant à perdre du poids, voir régime amaigrissant.  Ne doit pas être confondu …   Wikipédia en Français

• Cannibalism — For non human cannibalism, see Cannibalism (zoology). For other uses, see Cannibal (disambiguation). Cannibalism, Brazil. Engraving by Theodor de Bry for Hans Staden s account of his 1557 captivity …   Wikipedia

• Carnivore — Carnivorism redirects here. For the diet, see No carbohydrate diet. For other uses, see Carnivore (disambiguation). Lions are voracious carnivores; they require up to seven kilograms (15 lbs) of meat per day. A major component of their diet is… …   Wikipedia

• Coprophagia — A female Oriental Latrine Fly (Chrysomya megacephala) feeds on animal feces. Coprophagia or coprophagy is the consumption of feces, from the Greek κόπρος copros ( feces ) and φαγεῖν phagein ( to eat ). Many animal species practice coprophagia as… …   Wikipedia

• Geophagy — The red and green macaw eats clay from exposed riverbanks, allowing it to utilize nutrients in harmful foods. Geophagy is the practice of eating earthy or soil like substances such as clay, and chalk. It exists in animals in the wild and also in… …   Wikipedia

• Predation — For alternative meanings of predator and prey, see Predator (disambiguation) and Prey (disambiguation). Predating can also mean dating earlier than : see wiktionary:predate. Indian Python swallowing a small Chital deer at Mudumalai National Park …   Wikipedia

• Heterotroph — Overview of cycle between autotrophs and heterotrophs A heterotroph (English pronunciation: /ˈhɛtərɵtroʊf/; ἕτερος heteros = another , different and τροφή trophe = nutrition ) is an organism that cannot …   Wikipedia