. Detritivores are an important aspect of many ecosystems. They can live on any soil with an organic component, and even live in marine ecosystems where they are termed interchangeably with bottom feeders. Typical detritivorous animals include millipedes, woodlice, dung flies, many terrestrial worms, burying beetles, fiddler crabs, and some sedentary polychaetes such as amphitrites (Amphitritinae, worms of the family terebellidae) and other terebellids. Many species of bacteria, fungi and proti… (More on Detritivore)