Andaman enope squid vs Jointed Pricklypear

Abralia andamanica compared with Opuntia aurantiaca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Andaman enope squid	Jointed Pricklypear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Oegopsida (Oegopsida)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Enoploteuthidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Abralia	Opuntia
Species	Abralia andamanica	Opuntia aurantiaca

Conservation Status

Andaman enope squid

LC — Least Concern

Jointed Pricklypear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Andaman enope squid	Jointed Pricklypear
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Andaman enope squid

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Jointed Pricklypear

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Eswatini, Jamaica, Namibia, and South Africa.

Andaman enope squid

The Andaman enope squid (Abralia andamanica) is a species in the genus Abralia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.