Yes they are.
Scallops are filter feeders and filter plankton. Some of this plankton may be plant life and some may be animal life, the scallop can not select one or the other and therefore scallops are omnivores.
Yes, sponges are filter feeders. I also believe they were the first filter feeders.
Clams are filter feeders because they filter stuff.
No, filter feeders in general do not have teeth. Piranha do not filter their food.
filter feeders! : )
Filter feeders and fluid feeders are alike in a great number of ways. These animals both sift for food to eat.
There are two parts of scallops that are eaten. The first part is referred to simply as the "scallop" and is the abductor muscle which is white and meaty in texture. The second part is called the "coral" and is the roe which is red or white in color and soft in texture.
Filter feeders are called filter feeders so they suck in water and eat the tiny plankton in the oceanwith there tiny filter hairs.
Filter feeders and fluid feeders are alike in a great number of ways. These animals both sift for food to eat.
A clam is a type of feeder known as a filter feeder. Filter feeders strain particles like food from the water using an internal filtering system.
Jawless fish are filter-feeders.
Like all filter feeders, vertebrate filter feeders obtain food by filtering suspended food particles from water. The vertebrate filter feeders include various fish, flamingos, and baleen whales. Baleen whales use the baleen plates in their mouths to filter food, such as plankton and fish, from water.