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Animals 82 Fungi 76 Plants 26

Conservation Status

Critically Endangered (CR) 1 Data Deficient (DD) 54 Least Concern (LC) 10 Near Threatened (NT) 2 Not Evaluated (NE) 2 Vulnerable (VU) 2

Diet

Carnivorous 1 Chemolithoautotroph 1 copepods 1 Detritivore 21 Filter Feeder 6 Filter feeder (Plankton and organic detritus) 1 Filter feeder (Suspension feeder) 1 Hematophage 1 Heterotroph 1 heterotrophic - zooplankton 1 Insectivore 1 Necrophagous and parasitic (larvae feed on living tissue and carrion; adults feed on decaying organic matter and blood) 1 Nectarivore 1 organic detritus 1 Suspension Feeder 1 with photosynthetic supplementation from zooxanthellae 1

Habitat

Abyssal Zone 1 Acidic water bodies 1 Agricultural Areas 1 Alkaline Wetland 1 Alpine 2 Alpine Meadow 1 Alpine Meadows 2 Antarctic Waters 1 Aquatic Films 1 Arctic tundra 1

Growth Habit

Arthropod 1 Arthropod (Millipede) 3 Fern 2 Filamentous Alga 1 Filamentous Algae 1 Herb 1 Microscopic organism 1 Moss 11 Unicellular Alga 1 Unicellular algae 1 Woody vine or scrambling shrub 1

Edibility

Edible Edible and widely consumed Edible with Caution Inedible Not Applicable Not Applicable (Marine Animal) Not Applicable (Microscopic Fungus) Not Applicable (Microscopic organism) Not edible Not Fungus) Poisonous Unknown

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