Common Seahorse vs cortinaria mortal, cortinaria de montaña

Hippocampus kuda compared with Cortinarius orellanus

Key Differences

• Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while cortinaria mortal, cortinaria de montaña is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	cortinaria mortal, cortinaria de montaña
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Perciformes (Perch-like Fish)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Cortinariaceae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Cortinarius
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Cortinarius orellanus

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

cortinaria mortal, cortinaria de montaña

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	cortinaria mortal, cortinaria de montaña
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	5 years	—
Average Length	17 cm	—
Average Weight	10 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Seahorse

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 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Philippines. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

cortinaria mortal, cortinaria de montaña

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Common Seahorse

El caballito de mar común (Hippocampus kuda) se encuentra en aguas tropicales y templadas. Los machos son quienes cargan y dan a luz a las crías.