Atlantic Ancula vs Flat Wrack

Ancula gibbosa compared with Fucus spiralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Ancula	Flat Wrack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Chromista (Chromista)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)
Order	Nudibranchia (Nudibranchia)	Fucales (Fucales)
Family	Goniodorididae	Fucaceae
Genus	Ancula	Fucus
Species	Ancula gibbosa	Fucus spiralis

Conservation Status

Atlantic Ancula

LC — Least Concern

Flat Wrack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Ancula	Flat Wrack
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic Ancula

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Flat Wrack

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found across Africa (Morocco) and Europe (9 countries).

Atlantic Ancula

The Atlantic Ancula (Ancula gibbosa) is a species in the genus Ancula. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.