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Ruppia maritima L. (Beaked Tasselweed)

Suggested Literature

Ruppia maritima may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
RUPPIACEAE
(tasselweeds)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ruppia maritima:

leaf (submerged) submerged leaf is grazed by subaquatic adult Macroplea mutica - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
root root is foodplant of larva Macroplea mutica - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Questionable Cox, M.L., 2007

Ruppia maritima may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland

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