Atlantic Ancula vs Vegetable fern

Ancula gibbosa compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Ancula	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Tracheophyta
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Nudibranchia (Nudibranchia)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Goniodorididae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Ancula	Diplazium
Species	Ancula gibbosa	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Atlantic Ancula

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Ancula	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.