brittlestar vs Floating Fern

Amphiura filiformis compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	brittlestar	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Echinodermata (Echinoderms)	Tracheophyta
Class	Ophiuroidea (Ophiuroidea)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Amphilepidida (Amphilepidida)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Amphiuridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Amphiura	Salvinia
Species	Amphiura filiformis	Salvinia nymphellula

Conservation Status

brittlestar

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	brittlestar	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

brittlestar

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

brittlestar

The Brittlestar (Amphiura filiformis) is a species in the genus Amphiura. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.