Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Marbled catshark

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hemiscyllium trispeculare

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Marbled catshark
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Orectolobiformes (Orectolobiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Hemiscylliidae
Genus	Anostirus	Hemiscyllium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hemiscyllium trispeculare

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Marbled catshark share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Marbled catshark

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Marbled catshark
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.

Marbled catshark

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.