Common Seal vs Pine Jelly Spot

Phoca vitulina compared with Dacrymyces ovisporus

Key Differences

Common Seal is Near Threatened while Pine Jelly Spot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Seal	Pine Jelly Spot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Dacrymycetes (Dacrymycetes)
Order	Pinnipedia (Seals & Sea Lions)	Dacrymycetales (Dacrymycetales)
Family	Phocidae (True Seals)	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus	Phoca (Harbor Seals)	Dacrymyces
Species	Phoca vitulina	Dacrymyces ovisporus

Conservation Status

Common Seal

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~500.0K

Trend: Stable →

Pine Jelly Spot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Seal	Pine Jelly Spot
Diet	Carnivore	—
Average Lifespan	30 years	—
Average Length	1.7 m	—
Average Weight	80.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Seal

Habitat

Typically found in diverse ecosystems where prey species are available.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Pine Jelly Spot

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Common Seal

O pinípede de distribuição mais ampla, a foca-comum (Phoca vitulina) habita as costas temperadas e subárticas do Atlântico Norte e do Pacífico Norte. Os adultos atingem até 130 kg e passam tempo aproximadamente igual no mar caçando peixes, lulas e crustáceos e descansando em praias ou rochas. Seus grandes e expressivos olhos são adaptados para a visão subaquática em pouca luz. A foca-comum é uma fonte de alimento fundamental para orcas, tubarões e ursos-polares.