Traits:Feeding

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Feeding

Feeding: Traits related to how an organism feeds, the food type and feeding method exhibited by a species

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• [[Feeding|Feeding]]
  • [[FeedingApparatus|Feeding apparatus]]
    • [[AristolesLantern|Aristotle's lantern]]
    • [[ArmsAppendages|Arms or appendages]]
      • [[GraspingClaws|Grasping claws]]
      • [[GraspingPaws|Grasping paws, hands, feet]]
        • [[Clawed|Clawed]]
        • [[Talons|Talons]]
      • [[Papillae|Papillae or tube feet]]
      • [[Setose|Setose (Hairy)]]
      • [[Suctorial|Suctorial (sucker bearing)]]
    • [[Captacula|Captacula]]
    • [[CephalicSpines|Cephalic spines]]
    • [[Choanocytes|Choanocytes]]
    • [[EversiblePharynx|Eversible pharynx]]
      • [[BuccalOrgansAbsent|Buccal organ absent or occluded]]
      • [[MuscularAxialProboscis|Muscular axial proboscis]]
      • [[SimpleAxialProboscis|Simple axial proboscis]]
      • [[VentralBuccalOrgan|Ventral buccal organ]]
      • [[VentralMuscularProboscis|Ventral muscular proboscis]]
    • [[Gills|Gills]]
      • [[Ctenidia|Ctenidia]]
      • [[FilerBasket|Filter basket]]
      • [[GillRakers|Gill rakers]]
    • [[InhalentSiphon|Inhalent siphon]]
    • [[Introvert|Introvert]]
    • [[Lophophore|Lophophore]]
    • [[MouthParts|Mouth parts]]
      • [[Beak|Beak]]
      • [[BitingMacerating|Biting or macerating]]
      • [[BitingPiercing|Piercing or suctorial]]
    • [[MucusMesh|Mucus mesh or net]]
    • [[Phagocytosis|Phagocytosis]]
    • [[Radulae|Radulae]]
      • [[PiercingToxic|Piercing]]
      • [[Rasping|Rasping]]
    • [[Tentacles|Tentacles]]
      • [[AccessoryFeedingStructures|Accessory feeding structures]]
      • [[Grasping|Grasping]]
      • [[OralPodia|Oral podia]]
      • [[Palps|Palps]]
      • [[PinnateBranching|Pinnate or branching]]
      • [[StickyMucus|Sticky or mucus covered]]
      • [[Stinging|Stinging]]
  • [[FeedingMethodBehaviour|Feeding Method/Behaviour]]
    • [[DepositFeeder|Deposit Feeder]]
      • [[SubsurfaceDepositFeeder|Sub-surface deposit feeder]]
      • [[SurfaceDepositFeeder|Surface deposit feeder]]
    • [[GrazerBrowser|Grazer/Browser]]
      • [[Browser|Browser]]
      • [[Grazer|Grazer]]
        • [[GrazerFrondsBlades|Grazer (fronds/blades)]]
        • [[GrazerGrainsParticles|Grazer (grains / particles)]]
        • [[GrazerSurfaceSubstratum|Grazer (surface/substratum)]]
    • [[Kleptoparasitism|Kleptoparasitism]]
    • [[Nonfeeding|Non-Feeding]]
    • [[ParasiticFeeding|Parasitic]]
    • [[Parasitoid|Parasitoid]]
    • [[Predator|Predator (Hunter)]]
      • [[Ambusher|Ambusher]]
        • [[Pouncing|Pouncing]]
          • [[Lures|Lures]]
        • [[Snatching|Snatching]]
        • [[StunAttack|Stun attack]]
        • [[Traps|Traps]]
      • [[PursuitHunterCooperative|Pursuit hunter (co-operative)]]
        • [[Dipping|Dipping]]
          • [[AerialDipping|Aerial dipping]]
          • [[ContactDipping|Contact dipping]]
          • [[DippingToSurface|Dipping to surface]]
          • [[HoverDipping|Hover dipping]]
          • [[SurfaceDipping|Surface dipping]]
        • [[Diving|Diving]]
          • [[PursuitDiving|Pursuit Diving]]
          • [[SurfaceDiving|Surface Diving]]
        • [[DrivingFishForward|Driving Fish Forward]]
        • [[FoodPiracy|Food Piracy]]
        • [[Hawking|Hawking]]
          • [[AerialHawking|Aerial hawking]]
        • [[Hovering|Hovering]]
        • [[Plunging|Plunging]]
          • [[PlungeDiving|Plunge Diving]]
          • [[PursuitPlunging|Pursuit Plunging]]
          • [[ShallowPlunging|Shallow plunging]]
          • [[SurfacePlunging|Surface plunging]]
        • [[Seizing|Seizing]]
          • [[SubsurfaceSeizing|Subsurface seizing]]
          • [[SurfaceSeizing|Surface seizing]]
          • [[UnderwaterSeizing|Underwater seizing]]
      • [[PursuitHunterIndividual|Pursuit Hunter (individual)]]
      • [[SearcherForager|Searcher/Forager]]
        • [[Cruising|Cruising]]
        • [[Dabbling|Dabbling]]
        • [[Floating|Floating]]
        • [[FollowingFishingBoats|Following Fishing Boats]]
        • [[FootPaddling|Foot Paddling]]
        • [[FootStirring|Foot Stirring]]
        • [[GroundForaging|Ground Foraging]]
        • [[Pattering|Pattering]]
        • [[PickingfromWaterSurface|Picking from the water surface]]
        • [[Probing|Probing]]
        • [[Skimming|Skimming]]
        • [[Swimming|Swimming]]
          • [[UnderwaterSwimming|Underwater swimming]]
        • [[WadinginShallowWater|Wading in shallow water]]
    • [[Scavenger|Scavenger]]
    • [[SuspensionFeeder|Suspension feeder]]
      • [[Passive|Passive]]
  • [[FoodTypeDiet|Food Type/Diet]]
    • [[Autotroph|Autotroph]]
      • [[Chemoautotroph|Chemoautotroph]]
      • [[Photoautotroph|Photoautotroph]]
    • [[Heterotroph|Heterotroph]]
      • [[Carnivore|Carnivore]]
      • [[Detritivore|Detritivore]]
      • [[Herbivore|Herbivore]]
      • [[Omnivore|Omnivore]]
      • [[Saprophage|Saprophage]]
      • [[SymbiontContribution|Symbiont contribution]]
    • [[Mixotroph|Mixotroph]]

These trait categories try to distinguish between what an organism consumes or feeds on from the mechanism by which it feeds. For example a herbivore feeds on plant material. If it feeds on grass or plant turfs then it is a grazer, or on the leaves of shrubs then a browser. However, a sea urchin is a grazer feeding on encrusting or turf forming flora or fauna, and probably an omnivore. The apparatus used to undertake feeding is separated into another trait category.