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.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or ExtinctDerived 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. Comparison
NatureServe Rank CITES Appendix Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceNormally floats at the water surface, but can also attach to underwater objects such as logs and rocks. 1 Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Plantae, Taxa Source Wikidata: Floating Crystalwort
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1. Riccia fluitans, Wikipedia
Lead section, first sentence
Riccia fluitans, the floating crystalwort, is an aquatic floating plant of the liverwort genus Riccia.
Infobox: status
LC
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.
Human use: kept-as-pets
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.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. NatureServe Explorer: Riccia fluitans
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45
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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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