Crabeater seal vs scentless mayweed

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Tripleurospermum maritimum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	scentless mayweed
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	Tripleurospermum
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Tripleurospermum maritimum

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

scentless mayweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	scentless mayweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

scentless mayweed

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.