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The word plankton doesn't refer to a specific type of animal. it refers to all those animals which are not able to move in the water independently, in other words, they are caught up in the waters current and the current takes them anywhere and everywhere.
There is a type of organism that is often called 'plant plankton'.
Plant plankton, also known as phytoplankton, are microscopic plants which are autotrophs.
And there are also 'Animal plankton', also known as zooplankton. they carry some animal-like traits, mainly being that they are heterotrophs. They usually feed on phytoplankton.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoPhytoplankton are plants, zooplankton are animals.
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∙ 9y agoThere is no other name for plankton but there are specific types of plankton. Types of plankton include phytoplankton and zooplankton.
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there is many of them
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∙ 14y agoThey are called zooplankton.
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∙ 12y agoprokaryotic bacteria
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Is plankton a type of fish?
Yes and no. typically plankton applies to microorganisms that are not fish. They are small microscopic animals. But more properly, plankton means drifter or floater. Anything that floats can be called a plankton. For example, the Porteguese Man of War is a plankton, while a copepod and diatom is also an aexample of plankton. Some plant are considered to be plankton and some algae are forms of phytoplankton.
What is type of plankton?
plankton
What animals are in the plankton ocean zone?
phytoplankton and zoo plankton
What ocean animals are plankton?
Plankton are microscopic sea creatures, and the term includes both animals and plants.
Are plankton prouducers?
There are two sorts of plankton, zoo plankton and phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are plants and are producers while zoo plankton are animals that eat other plankton.
What animals do plankton eat?
Planktons don't eat animals. Phytoplanktons undergo photosynthesis, but zooplanton eat other plankton
What eat plankton in the ocean?
Krill and shrimplike animals eat plankton in the ocean.
Which two types of animals eat plankton?
lots of animals eat plankton, some whales, whale sharks, zooplankton eat phytoplankton and lots of fish eat plankton.
What ocean animals eat bacteria?
Bacterioplankton are a type of plankton so small that they eat organic materials including bacteria. It is one of the three types of plankton, phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and zooplankton.
What are animals eat algae?
plankton
What kind of animals eat microscopic animals?
Whales usually eat Plankton, which is a microscopic algae type thing. Many things eat microscopic animals, I believe herring is one species.
What animals eat bacteria?
Bacterioplankton are a type of plankton so small that they eat organic materials including bacteria. It is one of the three types of plankton, phytoplankton, bacterioplankton and zooplankton.
