قرش الدراس - قط البحار vs Greater dodder

Alopias pelagicus compared with Cuscuta europaea

Key Differences

• قرش الدراس - قط البحار is Endangered while Greater dodder is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	قرش الدراس - قط البحار	Greater dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Chondrichthyes (أسماك غضروفية)	Magnoliopsida (ماغنولانية)
Order	Lamniformes (قروش حديثة)	Solanales (باذنجانيات)
Family	Alopiidae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Alopias	Cuscuta
Species	Alopias pelagicus	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

قرش الدراس - قط البحار

EN — Endangered

Greater dodder

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	قرش الدراس - قط البحار	Greater dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

قرش الدراس - قط البحار

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Greater dodder

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

قرش الدراس - قط البحار

The Bigeye thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species in the genus Alopias. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.