planktotrophic

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adjective

That feeds on plankton

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Meanings

adjectiveplanktotrophic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyThat feeds on plankton

    In addition to an adult stage that is a capable swimmer, R. exoculata has a free-swimming, planktotrophic, post-larval stage that feeds on photosynthetically derived organic material and can be found as far as 100 km from a known vent field (53, 54 ).

    2001 October 26, C. L. Van Dover et al., “Biogeography and Ecological Setting of Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vents”, in Science, volume 294, number 5543, →DOI, pages 818–823

Origin

From plankto- + -trophic.

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