Question

Give an account of filter feeding in Polychaeta.

Answer 1

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• Filter feeding, in zoology, a form of food procurement in which food particles or small organisms are randomly strained from water. Filter feeding is found primarily among the small- to medium-sized invertebrates but occurs in a few large vertebrates (e.g., flamingos, baleen whales).

Answer 2

Answer:

Filter feeding means the food which is suspended in water is strained or filtered from water and eaten, the process is known as filter feeding. ... e.g. Chaetopterus, who lives in U-shaped tube shows filter feedingFilter feeding, in zoology, a form of food procurement in which food particles or small organisms are randomly strained from water. Filter feeding is found primarily among the small- to medium-sized invertebrates but occurs in a few large vertebrates (e.g., flamingos, baleen whales).