Asellus Geoffroy, 1762
(waterlice or water slaters)

Interactions where Asellus is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitised by cystacanth Echinorhynchus clavula a thorny-headed worm Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
/Animalia/Acanthocephala/Echinorhynchus clavula/Echinorhynchus clavulaa thorny-headed wormcystacanth Animal / parasite / endoparasite /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Asellidae/Asellus/Aselluswaterlice or water slaters cystacanth endoparasitises

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Asellus (waterlice or water slaters) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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Species 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAsellus (waterlice or water slaters)
FamilyASELLIDAE (waterlice or water slaters, hoglouse)
SuperfamilyASELLOIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
SuborderASELLOTA (a suborder of woodlice or sea slaters)
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Asellus (waterlice or water slaters)

Asellus (waterlice or water slaters) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Asellus (waterlice or water slaters):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 19 images of Asellus (waterlice or water slaters)
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