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Water beetle, the Glossary

A water beetle is a generalized name for any beetle that is adapted to living in water at any point in its life cycle.^[1]

31 relations: Algae, Amphizoa, Aquatic insect, Beetle, Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Eulichadidae, Exoskeleton, Fresh water, Great diving beetle, Haliplidae, Herbivore, Heteroceridae, Hydrophilidae, Hygrobia, Intertidal zone, Limnichidae, Littoral zone, Lutrochus, Meru phyllisae, Myxophaga, Noteridae, Ocean, Predation, Ptilodactylidae, Scavenger, Spiracle (arthropods), Torridincolidae, Water-penny beetle, Whirligig beetle.
Beetles by adaptation

Algae

Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.

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Amphizoa

Amphizoa is a genus of aquatic beetles in the suborder Adephaga, placed in its own monogeneric family, Amphizoidae.

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Aquatic insect

Aquatic insects or water insects live some portion of their life cycle in the water. Water beetle and Aquatic insect are aquatic insects.

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Beetle

Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.

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Dryopidae

Dryopidae is a family of beetles, commonly named long-toed water beetles, in the superfamily Byrrhoidea.

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Dytiscidae

The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek dytikos (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. Water beetle and Dytiscidae are aquatic insects.

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Elmidae

Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830.

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Eulichadidae

Eulichadidae is a family of beetles belonging to Elateriformia.

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An exoskeleton (from Greek έξω éxō "outer" and σκελετός skeletós "skeleton") is a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal in the form of hardened integument, which both supports the body's shape and protects the internal organs, in contrast to an internal endoskeleton (e.g.

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Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.

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Great diving beetle

The great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) is an aquatic diving beetle native to Europe and northern Asia, and in the UK is common in Wales, much of England and southern Scotland but less common on chalk and in the far north.

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Haliplidae

The Haliplidae are a family of water beetles that swim using an alternating motion of the legs.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.

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Heteroceridae

Heteroceridae, the variegated mud-loving beetles, are a widespread and relatively common family of beetles found on every continent except for Antarctica.

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Hydrophilidae

Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles.

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Hygrobia

Hygrobia is a genus of aquatic beetles native to Europe, North Africa, China and Australia.

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Intertidal zone

The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range.

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Limnichidae

Limnichidae, commonly called minute marsh-loving beetles, is a family of beetles belonging to Byrrhoidea.

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Littoral zone

The littoral zone, also called litoral or nearshore, is the part of a sea, lake, or river that is close to the shore.

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Lutrochus

Lutrochidae is a family of water beetles with a single genus Lutrochus sometimes known as "Travertine beetles".

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Meru phyllisae

Meruidae is a family of aquatic beetles in the suborder Adephaga, with only one genus and species, Meru phyllisae.

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Myxophaga

Myxophaga is the second-smallest suborder of the Coleoptera after Archostemata, consisting of roughly 65 species of small to minute beetles in four families.

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Noteridae

Noteridae is a family of adephagan water beetles closely related to the Dytiscidae, and formerly classified with them.

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Ocean

The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Ptilodactylidae

Ptilodactylidae is a family of beetles belonging to the Elateriformia.

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Scavenger

Scavengers are animals that consume dead organisms that have died from causes other than predation or have been killed by other predators.

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Spiracle (arthropods)

A spiracle or stigma is the opening in the exoskeletons of insects, myriapods, velvet worms and many arachnids to allow air to enter the trachea.

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Torridincolidae

The Torridincolidae are a small family of beetles in the suborder Myxophaga.

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Water-penny beetle

Water-penny beetles are a family (the Psephenidae) of 272 species (in 35 genera) of aquatic beetles found on all continents except Antarctica, in both tropical and temperate areas. Water beetle and Water-penny beetle are aquatic insects.

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Whirligig beetle

The whirligig beetles are water beetles, comprising the family Gyrinidae that usually swim on the surface of the water if undisturbed, though they swim underwater when threatened. Water beetle and whirligig beetle are aquatic insects.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_beetle

Also known as Aquatic beetle, Water beetles.