Crabeater seal vs Yellow Dodder

Lobodon carcinophaga compared with Cuscuta campestris

Key Differences

• Crabeater seal is Least Concern while Yellow Dodder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crabeater seal	Yellow Dodder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Lobodon	Cuscuta
Species	Lobodon carcinophaga	Cuscuta campestris

Conservation Status

Crabeater seal

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crabeater seal	Yellow Dodder
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crabeater seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Dodder

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (22 countries), Europe (33 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).