Crabeater seal vs Marsh fleabane

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Lobodon	Pluchea
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Marsh fleabane
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).