Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs brittlestar

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Amphiura filiformis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while brittlestar is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	brittlestar
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Ophiuroidea (Ophiuroidea)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Amphilepidida (Amphilepidida)
Family	Araceae	Amphiuridae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Amphiura
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Amphiura filiformis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

brittlestar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	brittlestar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

brittlestar

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

The Arrowleaf elephant's ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, is a species. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

brittlestar

The Brittlestar (Amphiura filiformis) is a species in the genus Amphiura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.