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What are very tiny sea creatures rather like small insects on land?
You're thinking of the plankton - that is at the bottom of the ocean's food chain. They're microscopic creatures (many less than 2mm long) that drift on ocean currents.
Tiny aquatic plants are called?
Microscopic plants. Such plants are like plankton.
What is the difference of phytoplakton and plakton?
"Phytoplankton" refers specifically to microscopic plant-like organisms that live in aquatic environments and photosynthesize to produce energy. "Plankton" is a general term that encompasses a wider range of organisms, including phytoplankton, zooplankton (animal-like organisms), and bacterioplankton (bacterial organisms). Phytoplankton are a subset of plankton.
Are plankton able to be seen with the human eye?
With a microscopic thingy.Depending on the size...By The way, really easy to know...
What rays eat octopus?
Manta rays are filter feeders that prey on microscopic organisms such as copepods, mysids (small shrimp-like creatures), and the larvae of fish, lobster, and octopus. An adult manta ray may feed on 60 pounds of microscopic plankton, fish larvae, copepods, and zooplankton in a single day.
Is a plankton a crustacean?
Plankton are not crustaceans, but are microscopic organisms. Crustaceans such as crayfish, shrimp, lobsters, crabs and krill feed on plankton.
What do seahorses like?
Seahorses like to eat small fish, small shrimp, plankton and other small creatures. small fish, small shrimp, and plankton. mall fish, small shrimp, and plankton.
What type of plants do seahorses eat?
They eat microscopic plankton as well as small crustaceans like brine shrimp.
What type of marine life floats near the surface of the water and consist of microscopic plant like and animal protists?
plankton
Microscopic organism found in water?
Yes, even at the North Pole or in Antarctica. As a group they are called plankton. The largest ones can barely be seen without a magnifier or microscope. Some make food for themselves from light and carbon dioxide, like plants. There are freshwater plankton as well as plankton in the oceans.
What does zooplankton look like?
AnswerThese are microscopic organisms, similar to phytoplankton, who consume other plankton and digest waste. Some look like microscopic shrimp and others may look like tiny floating insects, depending on the type.
Is plankton a small shrimp?
No, plankton are any microscopic sea-dwelling organisms. these can be plants OR animals. I just checked (April 20, 2011) on Wikipedia: plankton means 'drifter' or 'wanderer' and can be any of the plants or animals UP TO JELLYFISH size. So small shrimp known as 'krill', ARE part of what makes up plankton. Please see the link:
