Labeled Coral Reef Food Web
The producers the phytoplankton on the ocean s surface.
Labeled coral reef food web. Zooplankton microscopic organisms shrimp clams and other crustaceans are also primary consumers. Unraveling the web duration. Food webs and energy pyramids. Bedrocks of biodiversity duration.
Larger fish stingrays octopi and squid make up the secondary consumers while sharks are the. The intermediate consumers are the sergeant major flaming tongue snail bar jack grouper caribbean lobster bicolor damselfish polychaete worm cushion sea star and southern stingray. The fan worm is eaten by the tertiary consumer the puffer fish. The primary consumers the coral sea turtle and fish.
The sea sponge is eaten by the angelfish. The secondary consumers the sharks anemones starfish baracuda jellyfish sea snakes and sea slugs. Identify the top predator in the coral reef food web illustration. Click the image to view it in full size.
Finally the angelfish the blue chromis and the butterfly fish are all consumed by the tertiary consumer the reef shark. See if you can identify all the parts of the food web that make this a functioning healthy ecosystem. This is a coral reef food web.