The water spider, Argyroneta aquatica, is a species of spider native to freshwater ponds, lakes and slow streams across northern and central Europe and Asia, unique among spiders as the only species that spends nearly its entire life fully submerged underwater. It constructs a distinctive underwater retreat, a bell-shaped web anchored to aquatic plants and filled with air the spider carries down from the surface trapped in hairs on its body and abdomen, creating a diving-bell chamber where it eats, rests, mates and lays eggs.
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Source Diving bell spider (Wikipedia)
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1. GBIF Species API
2. Diving bell spider (Wikipedia)
- Wikidata Q119195 (P225 taxon name)
- In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro states: "own, although the hairs on the abdomen give it a dark grey, velvet-like appearance. It is native to freshwater habitats in Europe and Asia."
- In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro: "own, although the hairs on the abdomen give it a dark grey, velvet-like appearance. It is native to freshwater habitats in Europe and Asia."
View the Source3. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Water Spider
- Wikidata Q119195, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Araneae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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