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Most adult Crabs are scavengers rather than filter feeders and therefore they do not eat plankton unless it has died and fallen to the sea floor. However larval crabs are themselves part of the plankton (they are zooplankton) and while larval and in the plankton feed on other planktonic organisms.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoOysters feed by filtering water through their body, grabbing the plankton. An oyster can filter up to five liters of water in an hour, and the amount of plankton they consume in this time depends on the amount of plankton per liter, which is a complex measurement.
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∙ 11y agoWell, to be honest, i have made many researches on this topic as a scientist at training and I think that crabs normally eat phytoplankton.Almost every animal in the sea or ocean eats it.
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∙ 12y agoBigger crustaceans eat plankton while the smaller ones eat phytoplankton
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∙ 12y agoyes, they also eat turtle hatchlings and many other aquatic animals
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∙ 11y agoYes, they do.
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∙ 13y agoHow often do crabs eat?
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∙ 15y ago4.5ib's of food every day
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How does a king crab eat?
Plankton.
What does the decorator crab eat?
Plankton
What do fiddlers crab eat?
they eat freeze dried plankton
Why does a yeti crab have hairy arms?
The yeti crab has hairy arms to "grab" floating plankton. The crab waves it arms in a cloud of plankton and the plankton gets stuck in there arms, then the plankton get eaten.
Do fiddler crab eat cricket?
No they don't eat crickets.They eat a variety of Brine shrimp, plankton, and other sea food animals.....
Does octopus eat crab?
Numberous ways to eat them. Barbecue is quite famous.
Do bass eat kelp?
Plankton, Small Invertebrates on algae, Fish, Octopi, Squid, Crab, Shrimp. They eat a lot of things actually.
What eats crab and fish?
plankton
What do a fiddler crab eat?
They eat Brine shrimp, plankton, and a variety of other seafood. See your local pet shop if looking to buy or adopt.
What kind of plants do sand crabs eat?
Sand crabs are a very small type of crab. They mostly eat plankton and other organisms they filter out of the water.
Is crab zoea a plankton?
Yes the crab egg, zoea and megalopa stages are planktonic.
Is a kelp bass an omnivore?
Plankton, Small Invertebrates on algae, Fish, Octopi, Squid, Crab, Shrimp. They eat a lot of things actually.
