Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs southern bobtail squid

Anostirus castaneus compared with Euprymna tasmanica

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while southern bobtail squid is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	southern bobtail squid
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Elateridae	Sepiolidae
Genus	Anostirus	Euprymna
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Euprymna tasmanica

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and southern bobtail squid share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

southern bobtail squid

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	southern bobtail squid
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.

southern bobtail squid

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.