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Most crabs are omnivores but prefer to eat meat such as bivalves (clams, osters, ect.), because they can assimilate more nutrients from the meat. The plants are low in nitrogen, which is an important nutrient for the crabs. However, there are a few species of crabs that are strictly herbivores.
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∙ 14y agoThe ghost crab consists of approximately 20 species world wide. Like all crabs, it is carnivorous. For most ghost crabs, their diet consists of sand fleas while others from the South Pacific can pick off flies from underneath plant leaves. They also dine on most carrion making them a scavenging carnivore as well.
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∙ 12y agoWell, it depends on what type of crab you are talking about, But most crabs are herbivores.
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∙ 10y agoA crab is an omnivore and not an herbivore or carnivore. The crab eats both plants and animals but its preferred diet is one that is high in sea creatures.
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∙ 11y agoonmnivores.
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Is a crab a herbivore carnivore omnivore or a scavenger?
onmnivores.
Is a blue crab a carnivore herbivore or omnivore?
it is a carnivore !
Is a stone crab a herbivore carnivore or omnivore?
Carniivore because it eats meat also it is a crustation
Is a puffer fish a herbivore carnivore or a omnivore?
A pufferfish is a carnivore. Here is some more facts about puffer fish. They have to eat hard shelled animals to survive. For instance snail or a crab.
Is a bat ray carnivore or herbivore or omnivore?
It's an insectivore. which is a type of carnivore.
Is an crab an omnivore herbivore or carnivore?
A crab is an omnivore and not an herbivore or carnivore. The crab eats both plants and animals but its preferred diet is one that is high in sea creatures.
Is a crab a herbivore carnivore omnivore or a scavenger?
onmnivores.
Is a blue crab a carnivore herbivore or omnivore?
it is a carnivore !
Is a stone crab a herbivore carnivore or omnivore?
Carniivore because it eats meat also it is a crustation
Is a puffer fish a herbivore carnivore or a omnivore?
A pufferfish is a carnivore. Here is some more facts about puffer fish. They have to eat hard shelled animals to survive. For instance snail or a crab.
Is a bat ray carnivore or herbivore or omnivore?
It's an insectivore. which is a type of carnivore.
Is a giant coconut crab a herbivore or a carnivore?
herbivore
What is an omnivore in the ocean that eats manatees?
Something that is a carnivore and a herbivore is called an omnivore. An omnivore in the ocean is: piranha dugong seal whale dolphin some sharks
Is the crab a herbivore or carnivore or omnivore animal?
First of the correct spelling of carnivor is carnivore.A crab cannot be a herbivore because it does not only eat plants,so it cant be an omnivore too because omnivores are a living thing that eat plants and other animals.So the answer to this question is carnivore because crabs only eat other animals like fish.
Is a crane a herbivore or carnivore?
the whooping crane eats a variety of things such as blue crab, crab, fish, minnows, plants, insects, and frogs, along with snails.
Is a decorator crab a carnivore herbivore or an omnivivore?
the decorator crab eats plankton and flesh of other animals.
Is crab a carnivore or herbivore?
The ghost crab consists of approximately 20 species world wide. Like all crabs, it is carnivorous. For most ghost crabs, their diet consists of sand fleas while others from the South Pacific can pick off flies from underneath plant leaves. They also dine on most carrion making them a scavenging carnivore as well.
