EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Detritivores include earthworms, springtails, beetles, mites, sea urchins, etc. Animals feeding on plant matter are called herbivores. They are sheep, goats, cows.

Detailed explanation-2: -Typical detritivorous animals include millipedes, springtails, woodlice, dung flies, slugs, many terrestrial worms, sea stars, sea cucumbers, fiddler crabs, and some sedentary polychaetes such as worms of the family Terebellidae.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of detritivores are earthworms, blowflies, maggots, and woodlice. Detritivores play an important role in the breakdown of organic matter from decomposing animals and plants (see decomposer).

Detailed explanation-4: -Most decomposers are microscopic organisms, including protozoa and bacteria. Other decomposers are big enough to see without a microscope. They include fungi along with invertebrate organisms sometimes called detritivores, which include earthworms, termites, and millipedes.