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Marine annelids may account for over one-third of bottom-dwelling animal species around coral reefs and in tidal zones.
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Once the larvae reach 3- 4 they switch to feeding on bottom-dwelling animals (snail, insect larvae, and fingernail clams) which they will consume for the remainder of their lives.
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Bottom-dwelling animals benefit from nutrient fallout from above.
www.telegraph.co.uk
They are scavengers but also catch and eat small fish and bottom-dwelling animals such as crabs.
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The angel shark (pictured) is a placid, bottom-dwelling animal that closely resembles a ray at first glance.
www.independent.co.uk
Before this widening of the behavioural repertoire, bottom-dwelling animals mainly grazed on the microbial mats that lined the surface, crawling above or burrowing just below them.
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