Question

What animal eats diatoms?

Answer 1

Diatoms:

1. Diatoms are photosynthetic algae.
2. They have a siliceous skeleton and are found in almost every aquatic environment including fresh and marine waters, and in moist soils.
3. Many species of snails, such as the nerite snails, and even some fishes, like the suckermouth catfish can eat diatoms.
4. Diatoms are essentially the producers in aquatic food webs.
5. In marine systems, many zooplanktons such as snails and some small fish consume diatoms.