Asellus Aquaticus

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Asellus Aquaticus

an invertebrate animal of the order of isopod crustaceans. The body is 12-20 mm long. Found almost all over Europe, asellus aquaticus inhabits the under-water vegetation of lakes, rivers, and ponds. It moves along the bottom on six pairs of legs and feeds on the remains of dead animals and plants. Asellus aquaticus breathes through lamellar gills on the ventral side of the body. The young are hatched by the female in a brood pouch located at the base of the thoracic legs. Asellus aquaticus serves as food for fish. Sometimes the animals reproduce in large numbers (more than 7,000 individuals per sq m of bottom area) in stagnant bodies of water.

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No references found			Among the other macrobenthic and pseudomeiobenthic groups, three taxa were the most frequent in the samples: the crustacean Asellus aquaticus (8 sites, in the lagoons and lakes), the ephemeropteran Caenis sp. Meiobenthos of some Estonian coastal lakes/Monede Eesti ... by Timm, Tarmo; Kumari, Margit; Kubar, Kaidi; Sohar, Kadri; Traunspurger, Walter / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology/Ecology Effect of Dreissena polymorpha Pallas on benthic crustaceans (Gammarus lacustris Sars, Pallasea quadrispinosa Sars and Asellus aquaticus L. The invasive bivalves Dreissena polymorpha and Limnoperna fortunei: ... by Burlakova, Lyubov E. / Journal of Shellfish Research			Ascolichenes Ascomycetes Ascomycota ascon ascorbic acid ascospore Ascot Ascothoracica Asculum ascus Ascutney State Park asdic ASDIMPL ASDL ASDO IMPlementation Language Asdreni, Aleksandr Sotir Drenova ASE ASEAN Aseb Aseev, Nikolai Aseev, Nikolai Nikolaevich aseismic Aselges Aselloidea Asellota Asellus Aquaticus Asen Asen Khristov Kiselinchev Asenath Asenkova, Varvara Asenkova, Varvara Nikolaevna Asenovgrad Asepsis aseptic aseptic meningitis Aser asetigerous asexual asexual reproduction ASF Asgard Asgeir Asgeirsson Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Asgeirsson, Asgeir Ásgeirsson, Ásgeir Asger Hamerik Ash Ash Can school ash collector ash cone ash content			ASEHA ASEHF ASEI ASEICA ASEIG ASEIO ASEIP Aseismic Aseismic Aseismic creep Aseismic creep Aseite Austria Tischler Aseity Aseity of God ASEJ ASEK ASEL ASELB ASELCC ASELDA Asele Aselges Aselli Asellia tridens Aselloidea Asellota Asellus Aquaticus ASELSAN Asem ASEMA asemasia Asemblea Atlantico del Nord Asemblea Nacional Popular Galega Asembler Asembler ASEMC ASEME ASEMEP ASEMH Asemia Asemia ASEMICAP ASEMP ASEMS Asen Asen Asen Asen Khristov Kiselinchev Asenappar Asenappar Asenapper Asenapper Asenat Asenath Asendin Aseneth Aseni

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