Blue Globe Thistle vs

Echinops bannaticus compared with Limnothrix vacuolifera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Globe Thistle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cyanobacteriia
Order	Afrosoricida (Afrosoricida)	Pseudanabaenales (Pseudanabaenales)
Family	Tenrecidae	Pseudanabaenaceae
Genus	Echinops	Limnothrix
Species	Echinops bannaticus	Limnothrix vacuolifera

Conservation Status

Blue Globe Thistle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Globe Thistle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Globe Thistle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Blue Globe Thistle

The Blue Globe Thistle (Echinops bannaticus) is a species in the genus Echinops. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Limnothrix vacuolifera is a planktonic filamentous cyanobacterium that possesses gas vacuoles enabling buoyancy regulation in the water column of freshwater lakes. It forms thin, unbranched trichomes and is found in eutrophic standing water bodies. Its conservation status is not evaluated.