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Floating Crystalwort

Mosses and Liverworts

Riccia fluitans, the floating crystalwort, is an aquatic floating plant of the liverwort genus Riccia, popular among aquarists as a retreat for young fish fry and used in tanks that house live-bearing fish. It grows quickly at the water surface, forming dense bright green mats under strong light, and can also attach itself to submerged logs and rocks. It is generally not compatible with duckweed, which covers the water surface rapidly and crowds it out, and it is easily overtaken by hair algae. Its species name, fluitans, is Latin for floating.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Normally floats at the water surface, but can also attach to underwater objects such as logs and rocks. 1
Scientific Name
Riccia fluitans 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Floating Crystalwort
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Czechia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Taiwan, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United States, found in there.
Sources
1. Riccia fluitans, Wikipedia
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Riccia fluitans, the floating crystalwort, is an aquatic floating plant of the liverwort genus Riccia.
  • Taxobox, conservation status
    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
  • Description section
    It normally floats, but can also be attached to underwater objects such as logs and rocks.
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 299361
    Riccia fluitans, the floating crystalwort, is an aquatic floating plant of the liverwort genus Riccia which is popular among aquarists as a retreat for young fry and is used in live-bearing tanks.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
Wikidata: Floating Crystalwort
  • Wikidata Q133697, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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