Slender Riccia, also called floating crystalwort, is an aquatic liverwort in the genus Riccia that grows as a free-floating plant on the surface of still freshwater, or fully submerged just beneath it, forming thick mats either way. It is popular among aquarium keepers, who value it for providing shelter to juvenile fish in breeding setups.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Riccia fluitans
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"locality": "Southern Asia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
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"locality": "Australia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
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"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
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"locality": "South America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Sources
1. Riccia fluitans, Wikipedia
Lead paragraph; begins "It can be found floating in ponds, and often for"
It can be found floating in ponds, and often forms thick mats on and under the water surface.
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It can be found floating in ponds, and often forms thick mats on and under the water surface.
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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.
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Riccia fluitans
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Riccia fluitans"
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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