Delicate Slender Opossum vs

Marmosops parvidens compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Delicate Slender Opossum is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Delicate Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Didelphidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Marmosops	Stephanoeca
Species	Marmosops parvidens	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Delicate Slender Opossum

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Delicate Slender Opossum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Delicate Slender Opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Stephanoeca kentii is a loricate choanoflagellate, a marine unicellular organism that constructs a delicate basket-like structure (lorica) of siliceous strips surrounding its cell. It inhabits coastal and oceanic waters where it feeds on picoplankton bacteria. Choanoflagellates like this species are of scientific interest as the closest living unicellular relatives of animals.