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The 67 pages that link to Filter feeding, each with the reason it gives.

• GillsRelated: Some animals use gill structures both to exchange gases and to strain food from water.

• ZooplanktonRelated: Many zooplankton capture phytoplankton and other food with setae, appendages, or mucus structures.

• Antarctic krillRelated: Antarctic krill use brush-like thoracic appendages to sieve tiny algae and other particles from seawater.

• BeakRelated: Baleen-like structures on some beaks strain food from water.

• KrillRelated: Many krill use specialized appendages to collect phytoplankton and other particles.

• BivalviaRelated: Most bivalves use their gills to capture particles carried by water.

• Suspension feedingRelated: It is the best-known suspension-feeding mechanism, though not every suspension feeder uses a filter.

• AnatidaeRelated: Lamellae along many duck bills strain seeds and invertebrates from water.

• Gill rakersRelated: Dense rakers can act as a sieve in fishes that consume plankton.

• OstracodermRelated: Some early jawless vertebrates likely collected food from water without biting prey.

• WaterfowlRelated: Dabbling ducks use bill structures to strain food from shallow water.

• CharadriiformesRelated: Some shorebirds use specialized bills to strain small prey from wet sediment.

• Manta rayRelated: Manta rays swim with their mouths open, filtering plankton from seawater.

• WhaleRelated: Many baleen whales capture dense swarms of prey by filtering seawater through baleen.

• MolluskRelated: Many bivalves draw water across their gills and capture food particles.

• AnseriformesRelated: Many ducks use bill lamellae to strain seeds and invertebrates from water.

• AnchovyRelated: Anchovies consume plankton by filtering or picking tiny prey from the water.

• BivalveRelated: Many bivalves draw water across their gills to collect food.

• Surface feedingRelated: Surface-feeding animals can filter concentrated particles where water meets air.

• ShellfishRelated: Bivalve shellfish capture plankton and organic particles as water moves through their bodies.

• Atlantic menhadenRelated: Menhaden use specialized gill structures to consume plankton.

• BillRelated: Ducks and flamingos use bill structures to strain food from water.

• ClupeidaeRelated: Some clupeids strain plankton from water using structures in the gill region.

• DaphniaRelated: Daphnia strain algae and other particles from water with setae on their limbs.

• SwanRelated: Some swans strain aquatic plants and small organisms from water.

• LaridaeRelated: Some small gulls feed at the surface by filtering tiny prey from water.

• MusselRelated: Mussels draw water across their gills and retain food particles.

• Pharyngeal slitRelated: In tunicates and lancelets, slits help water pass through a filter-feeding pharynx.

• Southern right whaleRelated: Baleen lets the whale capture dense patches of tiny prey without pursuing individual animals.

• ClupeiformesRelated: Many clupeiforms strain plankton from water using their gill apparatus.

• RadiodontaRelated: Some radiodont appendages were suited to straining small prey or particles from water.

• Carpet sharkRelated: Whale sharks use this method, contrasting with the prey-catching habits of many bottom-dwelling relatives.

• HemichordateRelated: Pterobranchs capture food particles with tentacled arms rather than ingesting sediment.

• Porcelain crabRelated: Many porcelain crabs capture plankton and organic particles from passing water.

• CladoceraRelated: Many cladocerans use trunk limbs to filter algae and other small particles.

• Ingestion (biology)Related: It is a way to gather material before taking it into the body.

• LeedsichthysRelated: Leedsichthys likely strained small organisms from seawater rather than hunting large prey.

• MenhadenRelated: Menhaden feed on plankton by filtering it from the water.

• Northern shovelerRelated: The shoveler uses its bill to filter tiny organisms and plant material from water.

• NotostracaRelated: Notostracans can use their thoracic limbs to capture small food particles.

• BatomorphiRelated: Several large batoids strain plankton from water rather than capture large prey.

• DinocarididaRelated: Some radiodonts used specialized oral cones and appendages to capture plankton.

• Giant clamRelated: Giant clams also obtain food by filtering plankton from seawater.

• HippoideaRelated: Setose appendages capture particles as waves wash over buried hippoids.

• HomosclerophoridaRelated: Homosclerophorids obtain food by filtering particles carried through their aquiferous systems.

• Pecten maximusRelated: Gills trap plankton and organic particles carried through the scallop’s mantle cavity.

• PinnidaeRelated: Like other bivalves, pen shells obtain food by filtering water.

• PresbyornisRelated: Its bill and feeding adaptations are interpreted as suited to filtering food from shallow water.

• Spongia officinalisRelated: Spongia officinalis obtains food by filtering particles from passing seawater.

• VeneridaeRelated: Venerid clams draw water across their gills to collect food particles.