Water Slater, scientifically Asellus aquaticus, is a freshwater isopod crustacean resembling and related to woodlice. It is known by various common names including pond slater, water louse, aquatic sowbug and cress bug.
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DietDetritivore or Scavenger 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Asellus aquaticus
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Asellus aquaticus is common throughout Europe, extending from Britain, Ireland and France and the Iberian Peninsula in the west, southwards to southern Spain, Italy, Greece and Turkey, eastwards into western Russia, and northwards to Scandinavia, including Norway, Sweden and Finland.
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1. Asellus aquaticus (Wikipedia)
Section: Aquarium keeping
Aquarists worldwide are showing increasing interest towards A. aquaticus as a low-maintenance freshwater aquarium pet and tank cleaner.
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Asellus aquaticus is a freshwater isopod crustacean, resembling and related to woodlice.
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Asellus aquaticus
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It is a detritivore, with a diet including fungi, algae, and leaves, including aquatic plant shoots.
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Asellus aquaticus
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Malacostraca, Taxon recordQuote, Child Taxon Of: Malacostraca, Taxon record
"class": "Malacostraca"
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