Bad-smelling Alkanet vs gammarid shrimp

Alkanna maleolens compared with Gammarus salinus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while gammarid shrimp is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	gammarid shrimp
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Amphipoda (Amphipoda)
Family	Boraginaceae	Gammaridae
Genus	Alkanna	Gammarus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Gammarus salinus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

gammarid shrimp

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	gammarid shrimp
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

gammarid shrimp

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.