Blackboard Tree vs Marbled Ghostshark

Alstonia scholaris compared with Hydrolagus marmoratus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Marbled Ghostshark
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Holocephali (Holocephali)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Chimaeriformes (Chimaeriformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Chimaeridae
Genus	Alstonia	Hydrolagus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Hydrolagus marmoratus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Marbled Ghostshark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Marbled Ghostshark
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Marbled Ghostshark

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.