What is difference between detritus feeder and carrion feeder?

Answer 1

The difference is that is that detritivore feeds on large parts of decaying plant, animal matter, and on waste material. A decomposer consumes and breaks down dead organisms or waste matter into simple substances.

They both get nutrition from dead organic matter. The difference is that detritivores actually eat the organic matter (like earthworms eating their way through the soil) and decomposers secrete enzymes to digest the organic matter and then absorb the resulting molecules (like bacteria or fungi do).

Answer 2

A herbivore eats plants whereas the detritivore eats decaying organic matter (organic matter is anything that is produced naturally so the decaying organic matter can be anything form dead animals to dead plants).

Answer 3

Detritus feeders consume decomposing plant and animal matter, such as leaves and dead plant material, while carrion feeders primarily feed on the flesh of dead animals. Detritus feeders play a key role in breaking down organic matter and recycling nutrients in ecosystems, whereas carrion feeders help to clean up and dispose of dead animals.

Answer 4

Carrion feeder would be a detritus feeder because carrion is detritus. But a carrion feeder specifies that it eats carrion.