Ambatsch vs Flinke Kellerassel

Aeschynomene elaphroxylon compared with Porcellio laevis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ambatsch	Flinke Kellerassel
Kingdom	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Malacostraca (Höhere Krebse)
Order	Fabales (Schmetterlingsblütenartige)	Isopoda (Asseln)
Family	Fabaceae	Porcellionidae
Genus	Aeschynomene	Porcellio
Species	Aeschynomene elaphroxylon	Porcellio laevis

Conservation Status

Ambatsch

LC — Least Concern

Flinke Kellerassel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ambatsch	Flinke Kellerassel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ambatsch

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Madagascar and Senegal.

Flinke Kellerassel

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan), Europe (12 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Ambatsch

The Ambatch (Aeschynomene elaphroxylon) is a species in the genus Aeschynomene. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Af