Bali Shortcake vs Dwarf Water Clover

Acropora latistella compared with Marsilea minuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bali Shortcake	Dwarf Water Clover
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)	Tracheophyta
Class	Anthozoa	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Scleractinia (Scleractinia)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Acroporidae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Acropora	Marsilea
Species	Acropora latistella	Marsilea minuta

Conservation Status

Bali Shortcake

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bali Shortcake	Dwarf Water Clover
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bali Shortcake

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Dwarf Water Clover

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Comoros), Asia (Bhutan, Taiwan, Vietnam), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Bali Shortcake

The Bali Shortcake (Acropora latistella) is a species in the genus Acropora. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.