Are sea cucumbers herbivore

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 7/20/2022

How and what do they eat?
Sea cucumbers are almost all detritivores. This means that they eat the tiny scrap particles that are usually abundant in the environments that they inhabit. There are two basic modes of feeding among sea cucumbers. "Direct deposit feeding" is one method which is seen in many surface dwelling and burrowing species. In this feeding method, sea cucumbers literally wipe their tentacles over the sediments to pick up tiny particles that settle there from the water above. Sea cucumbers are efficient direct deposit feeders. The fact that fecal pellets (poo) are richer in terms of energy and nutrients than the surrounding sediments that sea cucumbers eat is testimony to this fact. The other mode of feeding is the suspension feeding. Suspension feeding sea cucumbers have finely diverticulating buccal tentacles that are used to pick particles out of the water column during feeding.

Cristian Rutherford ∙

Lvl 10

∙ 3y ago

What else can I help you with?

Are sea cucumbers plants or animals?

Sea cucumbers are animals. They look like cucumbers XD

Are sea cucumbers sponges?

No. Sea cucumbers are part of the Echindermata phylum along with sea stars and sea urchins.

Is a transparent sea cucumber the same as a sea cucumber?

No; sea cucumbers are animals and transparent sea cucumbers are plants.

Do Sea Cucumbers have feet?

Sea Cucumbers, in fact, do not have feet.

How are sea cucumbers different from other echinoderms?

because sea cucumbers are stupied

How many sea cucumbers species are there?

There are 1,250 known species of sea cucumbers

Where are Sea cucumbers found?

Sea cucumbers in general are found on the sea bed of all oceans. Individual types of sea cucumbers may only be found in some areas.

Is a sea lion a herbivore or carnivore?

is sea lion herbivore or carnivore

Can sea cucumbers be seen in a zoo?

Sea cucumbers can be seen at marine aquriums and places such as Sea World.

What ocean organisms eat sea cucumbers?

the ones that like eating sea cucumbers

What are the sea cucumbers enemies?

some sea cucumbers predators are starfish and bottom feeding fish

Are glowing sea cucumbers asexual beings?

I'm pretty sure that all sea cucumbers are.

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