Blistering Ammania vs oceanic scud

Ammannia baccifera compared with Gammarus oceanicus

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while oceanic scud is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	oceanic scud
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Amphipoda (Amphipoda)
Family	Lythraceae	Gammaridae
Genus	Ammannia	Gammarus
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Gammarus oceanicus

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

oceanic scud

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	oceanic scud
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).

oceanic scud

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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