vs Little long-tailed dunnart

Aphanocapsa sideroderma compared with Sminthopsis dolichura

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Little long-tailed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Little long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Microcystaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Aphanocapsa	Sminthopsis
Species	Aphanocapsa sideroderma	Sminthopsis dolichura

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Little long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Little long-tailed dunnart
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.

Little long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Aphanocapsa sideroderma is a unicellular cyanobacterium forming colonial aggregates in gelatinous sheaths with iron-encrusted outer layers. It inhabits iron-rich freshwater environments including springs, streams, and wetlands. This photosynthetic bacterium produces energy through oxygenic photosynthesis and contributes to biofilm formation on iron-rich substrates.