Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs reef octopus

Anostirus castaneus compared with Octopus oculifer

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	reef octopus
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Octopoda (Octopuses)
Family	Elateridae	Octopodidae (Common Octopuses)
Genus	Anostirus	Octopus (Octopuses)
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Octopus oculifer

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

reef octopus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	reef octopus
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.

reef octopus

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.