Bishop's Mitre vs lizard crystalwort

Aelia acuminata compared with Riccia bifurca

Key Differences

• Bishop's Mitre is Least Concern while lizard crystalwort is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bishop's Mitre	lizard crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Pentatomidae	Ricciaceae
Genus	Aelia	Riccia
Species	Aelia acuminata	Riccia bifurca

Conservation Status

Bishop's Mitre

LC — Least Concern

lizard crystalwort

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bishop's Mitre	lizard crystalwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bishop's Mitre

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

lizard crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bishop's Mitre

The Bishop's Mitre (Aelia acuminata) is a species in the genus Aelia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden