Bed-jacket vs ghost shrimp

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Caprella linearis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while ghost shrimp is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	ghost shrimp
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Amphipoda (Amphipoda)
Family	Sapindaceae	Caprellidae
Genus	Alectryon	Caprella
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Caprella linearis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

ghost shrimp

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	ghost shrimp
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

ghost shrimp

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.