Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Oriental prawn

Anostirus castaneus compared with Palaemon macrodactylus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Oriental prawn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oriental prawn
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Elateridae	Palaemonidae
Genus	Anostirus	Palaemon
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Palaemon macrodactylus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Oriental prawn share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Oriental prawn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oriental prawn
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.

Oriental prawn

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Taiwan), Europe (13 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Uruguay).

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 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden