Ruppia maritima Linnaeus, 1753
(Beaked Tasselweed)

Interactions where Ruppia maritima 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
leaf (submerged) submerged leaf is grazed by subaquatic adult Macroplea mutica a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlesubaquaticadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Ruppia maritima/Ruppia maritimabeaked tasselweedsubmergedleaf (4-10)subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf
root root is foodplant of larva Questionable Macroplea mutica a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Ruppia maritima/Ruppia maritimabeaked tasselweed?root larva feeds on root

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

Ruppia maritima (Beaked Tasselweed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRuppia maritima (Beaked Tasselweed)
GenusRuppia (tasselweeds)
FamilyPOTAMOGETONACEAE (pondweeds)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ruppia maritima (Beaked Tasselweed)

Ruppia maritima (Beaked Tasselweed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ruppia maritima (Beaked Tasselweed):

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