wood borer
bivalve
Also known as: borer
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habitat
- In bivalve: Food and feeding
Shipworms are wood borers and are both protected and nourished by the wood they inhabit. They possess ctenidia and are capable of filtering food from the sea. When elongating the burrow, they digest the wood as well. In the Tridacnidae, symbiotic zooxanthellae (minute algal cells) are contained…
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