suspension feeder

synonym: filter feeder
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15086
Animal that feeds by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized structure, such as the baleen of baleen whales.
Notes:
  1. Some animals that use this method of feeding are clams, barnacles, krill, mysids, sponges, whale sharks, and flamingoes.
  2. Other types of feeder are deposit feeder, fluid feeder, and food-mass feeder.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 953 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'suspension feeder' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15086 RIS BibTex EndNote
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