vs Blackboard Tree

Acanthocorbis asymmetrica compared with Alstonia scholaris

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Blackboard Tree is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Blackboard Tree
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Acanthoecidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Acanthocorbis	Alstonia
Species	Acanthocorbis asymmetrica	Alstonia scholaris

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Blackboard Tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Acanthocorbis asymmetrica is a marine choanoflagellate, a unicellular organism closely related to the ancestors of animals, living in coastal and open ocean waters. Its cells are enclosed within a lorica (basket-like cage) constructed from siliceous costal strips that form an asymmetric pattern, distinguishing it from related species. It feeds on bacteria, playing a role in marine microbial food webs.

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.