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Many planktonic calanoid copepods are commonly described as “filter-feeders”. Direct observations using high-speed micro-cinematography indicate that these animals are “suspension-feeders”. They capture and handle the food particles not passively according to size and shape but, in most cases, actively using sensory inputs for detection, motivation to capture, and ingestion.
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Paffenhöfer, G.A., Strickler, J.R. & Alcaraz, M. Suspension-feeding by herbivorous calanoid copepods: A cinematographic study. Marine Biology 67, 193–199 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00401285
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