Proasellus meridianus is a freshwater crustacean resembling a woodlouse. Its common names include one-spotted waterlouse and one-spotted water-slater.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Family: | Asellidae |
| Genus: | Proasellus |
| Species: | P. meridianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Proasellus meridianus (Emil Racoviță, 1919[1])
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Ecology
editProasellus meridianus is common throughout the British Isles but less frequently recorded than the very similar Asellus aquaticus from which it can be distinguished by the continuous pale band along the posterior margin of the head.[2] Its range includes France and Belgium from which the type species was described.[3]
Like A. aquaticus, it can be found in rivers, streams and standing water but is less commonly found in garden ponds. It is also much less tolerant to pollution.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Proasellus meridianus.
- ^ Racovitza, Emil G. (1919). "V. Notes sur les Isopods. 1. Asellus aquaticus auct. est une erreur taxonomique. 2. Asellus aquaticus L. et A. meridianus n. sp". Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale, Notes et Revue (in French). 2 (58): 31–43.
- ^ a b "Proasellus meridianus". British Myriapod and Isopod Group. Retrieved 3 April 2014. citing:Gregory, Steve (9 July 2009). Woodlice and Waterlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea & Asellota) in Britain and Ireland. Field Studies Council/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. ISBN 9780955767289.
- ^ "Proasellus meridianus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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