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Ecological parameter: mode of life: holo-/merolimnic

Parameter group: life & body related parameters

Explanation:
The parameter specifies whether the species either spends its entire life cycle in aquatic environments (hololimnic) or whether the adult stage (imago) changes into terrestrial habitats (merolimnic).

Abbreviations:
Category name:Abbreviations:Explanation:
hololimnicholospending the entire life in the aquatic environement
merolimnicmerospending the adult stage in terrestrial environements
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Bivalvia57 / 77 - 74%
Branchiobdellida7 / 8 - 87.5%
Bryozoa14 / 19 - 73.6%
Chironomidae1277 / 1315 - 97.1%
Coelenterata10 / 13 - 76.9%
Coleoptera1882 / 2678 - 70.2%
Crustacea172 / 270 - 63.7%
Diptera (excl. Chironomidae)2342 / 2404 - 97.4%
Ephemeroptera344 / 353 - 97.4%
Gastropoda113 / 241 - 46.8%
Heteroptera112 / 124 - 90.3%
Hirudinea48 / 68 - 70.5%
Hymenoptera1 / 39 - 2.5%
Kamptozoa1 / 1 - 100%
Lepidoptera12 / 19 - 63.1%
Megaloptera6 / 6 - 100%
Nemertini1 / 1 - 100%
Odonata172 / 174 - 98.8%
Oligochaeta70 / 240 - 29.1%
Planipennia12 / 12 - 100%
Plecoptera571 / 576 - 99.1%
Polychaeta1 / 13 - 7.6%
Porifera6 / 12 - 50%
Trichoptera1429 / 1439 - 99.3%
Turbellaria20 / 61 - 32.7%