Blistering Ammania vs Ghost cat shark

Ammannia baccifera compared with Apristurus manis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Ghost cat shark
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Carcharhiniformes (Ground Sharks)
Family	Lythraceae	Scyliorhinidae
Genus	Ammannia	Apristurus
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Apristurus manis

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Ghost cat shark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Ghost cat shark
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Ghost cat shark

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Found in Norway.

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian