Filter feeder

Anchovies are small schooling fishes.

Barnacles are crustaceans whose adults are fixed in place.

The basking shark is a very large fish that gathers small plankton rather than chasing large prey.

The blue mussel is a coastal bivalve that forms dense beds on suitable surfaces.

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.

The bowhead whale is a heavy Arctic baleen whale that breaks sea ice with its huge arched head.

Brittle stars have a central disc and long flexible arms.

Daphnia are small freshwater crustaceans rather than fleas.

The fin whale is the second longest animal alive and one of the fastest of the great whales.

Flamingos are long-legged waterbirds with curved filtering bills.

The giant clam is a large reef-dwelling bivalve of the tropical Indo-Pacific.

The greater flamingo is the largest and most widespread flamingo.

The humpback whale is a large baleen whale found in every ocean.

Krill are small marine crustaceans.

Mantas are large rays that filter small animals from seawater.

Oysters include many reef-forming bivalves.

Paddlefishes have elongated snouts unlike those of most freshwater fishes.

The quahog is a thick-shelled bivalve of western Atlantic coastal waters.

Sand dollars are flattened relatives of sea urchins.

Sardine is a common name applied to several small schooling fishes.

Scallops are bivalves capable of moving by clapping their shells.

Sponges are animals that move water through their bodies.

The whale shark is the largest fish in the sea.