What is a dertivore?

Answer 1

Did you mean to say Detritivore. If that's the case then it is an organism which feeds on dead or decaying organic matter in order to obtain nutrients. Examples would include earthworms, mushrooms, fungi, millipedes, slugs, etc

Answer 2

Detritivores are an animal which feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus. Detritivores are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus. There are many kinds of invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants that carry out coprophagy.Detritivore is an organism that acts as a decomposer of dead organic matter. They feed on dead plant and animal matter and then digest them within their bodies in order to gain nutrients and energy. Detritivores (also known as detrivores, detritophages, detritus feeders or detritus eaters) are heterotrophs that obtain nutrients by consuming detritus (decomposing plant and animal parts as well as feces).There are many kinds of invertebrates, vertebrates, and plants that carry out coprophagy. By doing so, all these detritivores contribute to decomposition and the nutrient cycles. Detritivores should be distinguished from other decomposers, such as many species of bacteria, fungi and protists, which are unable to ingest discrete lumps of matter. Instead, these other decomposers live by absorbing and metabolizing on a molecular scale (saprotrophic nutrition). The terms detritivore and decomposer are often used interchangeably, but they describe different organisms. Detritivores are usually arthropods and help in the process of remineralization. Detritivores perform the first stage of remineralization, by fragmenting the dead plant matter, allowing decomposers to perform the second stage of remineralization.

Plant tissues are made up of resilient molecules (e.g. cellulose, lignin, xylan) that decay at a much lower rate than other organic molecules. The activity of detritivores are the reason why we do not see an accumulation of plant litter in nature.

Answer 3

An organism that feed off of decomposing matter such as mushrooms or worms

Answer 4

An animal which feeds on dead organic material, especially plant detritus.

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