Worms are integral to the decomposition process, enhancing soil health.
While often broadly referred to as decomposers, their function is more specifically defined as detritivores.
Few animals graze directly on mangroves.
The mangrove periwinkle (littorina angulifera) and the coffee bean snail (melampus coffeus) are known to eat black mangrove propagules.
A mangrove forest food web describes the interconnected relationships between organisms in a mangrove ecosystem, illustrating how energy flows from producers to consumers and.
Mangrove worms, found in intertidal roots of mangroves, are actually bivalves molluscs.
Their long, thin worm-like bodies have two shell valves at one end, which they use for boring into wood.