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Substrate Feeders: Animals such as earthworms or termites that eat the soil or wood through which they burrow.

Substrate: The material upon or within which a plant or animal live or grows (e.g. Rocky or sandy substrate). See also benthic.

Ingestive Feeders: Animals that ingest food through a mouth.

Fluid Feeders: Animals such as aphids, ticks, and mosquitoes that pierce the body of a host plant or animal and obtain food from ingesting its fiuids.

Custom Feeders: Producers who provide the service of feeding animals (e.g., cattle, hogs) they do not own, in return for a fee paid by someone else (such as a packer) who does own the animals. Custom feedin . . . View Full Definition

Filter Feeders: Organisms such as sponges that feed by removing food from water that filters through their body.

Absorptive Feeders: Animals such as tapeworms that ingest food through the body wall. These animals can be very dangerous if injested.