Common Seahorse vs Pouch Cup

Hippocampus kuda compared with Peziza saccardoana

Key Differences

• Common Seahorse is Vulnerable while Pouch Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seahorse	Pouch Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Fungi (균계)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Ascomycota (자낭균류)
Class	Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fish)	Pezizomycetes (술잔버섯강)
Order	Perciformes (농어목)	Pezizales (주발버섯목)
Family	Pomacentridae (Clownfish & Damselfish)	Pezizaceae
Genus	Amphiprion (Clownfish)	Peziza
Species	Hippocampus kuda	Peziza saccardoana

Conservation Status

Common Seahorse

VU — Vulnerable

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Pouch Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seahorse	Pouch Cup
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.

Pouch Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

Common Seahorse

해마(Hippocampus kuda)는 열대 및 온대 해역에 분포한다. 수컷이 새끼를 품고 출산한다는 독특한 번식 방식으로 유명하다.