Flat-headed Kusimanse vs

Crossarchus platycephalus compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• Flat-headed Kusimanse is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flat-headed Kusimanse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellatea)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Herpestidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Crossarchus	Stephanoeca
Species	Crossarchus platycephalus	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

Flat-headed Kusimanse

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flat-headed Kusimanse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flat-headed Kusimanse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.