Atlantic Ancula vs grande cuscute

Ancula gibbosa compared with Cuscuta europaea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Atlantic Ancula	grande cuscute
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Mollusca (mollusques)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Nudibranchia (Nudibranchia)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Goniodorididae	Convolvulaceae
Genus	Ancula	Cuscuta
Species	Ancula gibbosa	Cuscuta europaea

Conservation Status

Atlantic Ancula

LC — Least Concern

grande cuscute

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Atlantic Ancula	grande cuscute
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Atlantic Ancula

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

grande cuscute

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan, Turkey), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).

Atlantic Ancula

The Atlantic Ancula (Ancula gibbosa) is a species in the genus Ancula. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.