Sentence examples for grazing algae from inspiring English sources

The trap possesses antennae (an) and bristles (br) for guiding prey organisms grazing algae on the trap towards the entrance, and lateral flexible trap walls (tw).

In addition to the functional morphology per se, a round forehead with a downward-pointing mouth are thought to be adaptations for grazing algae from the substrate [ 32].

In contrast to substrate-dwellers, it does not crawl and graze algae on Utricularia and is not guided by trap appendages towards the entrances16.

As P. pavo commonly grazes algae, it was grouped with algivorous species.

At the adult stage, three trophic guilds are commonly recognized [ 25, 28]: the pelagic feeders sucking planktonic copepods; the benthic feeders grazing filamentous algae or biting coral polyps; and an intermediate group feeding on planktonic prey, small benthic invertebrates and algae in variable proportions.

This one, a male, was grazing on algae from the fence post in broad daylight.

Among the numerous changes in the Monotocardia are fewer radular teeth and a shift from grazing on algae and fungi to predation and the consumption of larger sessile organisms.

From the parrotfish grazing on algae to the coral-eating butterflyfish to the spectacularly bright plankton-eating chromis hiding nervously in the branching corals to the lurking moray eels, the scene was a multihued circus of fish.

"The limpets go for a walk around at night, grazing the algae off the rocks," she says, also pointing out their assassins – the dog whelk and the sting winkle – which rest nearby ready to drill into the limpets with their acid-toothed tongues.

Most molluscs are herbivorous, grazing on algae or filter feeders.

Laevistrombus canarium lives on muddy and sandy bottoms, grazing on algae and detritus.