Will Limpets Eat Coralline Algae?
Those Shallow Water Forms That Graze on Algae Seem to Have a Decided Tendency to Eat Coralline Algae. These Limpets Are Exceptionally Well Equipped to Eat...
Those shallow water forms that graze on algae seem to have a decided tendency to eat coralline algae. These limpets are exceptionally well equipped to eat these algae. They have a radula with teeth made of a mixture of iron salts (primarily hematite) and silica (in the form of opal).
Does anything eat coralline algae?
Yes they do. I have hundreds of them and they live right at the bottom where the sand meets the glass, eating coralline as it grows. lol you dont have to keep the flipper in the tank.
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What animals eat coralline algae?
Sea urchins, parrot fish, and limpets and chitons (both mollusks) feed on coralline algae.
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