Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Green Grape Algae

Anostirus castaneus compared with Caulerpa racemosa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Green Grape Algae is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Green Grape Algae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Bryopsidales (Bryopsidales)
Family	Elateridae	Caulerpaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Caulerpa
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Caulerpa racemosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Green Grape Algae

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Green Grape Algae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Green Grape Algae

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Tunisia), Asia (Cyprus, Israel, Syria), Europe (8 countries), and South America (Brazil).

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway