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- noun Plural form of
detrivore .
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First off I do not believe your brittle star was the culprit. since Brittle stars are mainly detrivores (detritus-eaters); they eat decaying matter and plankton.
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Each year, respiration by organisms other than detrivores returns to the atmosphere almost half (50 petagrams or 50 billion metric tons) of the carbon dioxide that is absorbed by photosynthesis.
Carbon cycle 2009
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