vs Lesser Long-tongued Bat

Chrysosphaerella coronacircumspina compared with Choeroniscus minor

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Lesser Long-tongued Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Lesser Long-tongued Bat
Kingdom	Chromista (โครมิสตา)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Chrysophyceae (สาหร่ายสีทอง)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Ochromonadales (Ochromonadales)	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family	Paraphysomonadaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Chrysosphaerella	Choeroniscus
Species	Chrysosphaerella coronacircumspina	Choeroniscus minor

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Long-tongued Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Lesser Long-tongued Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Lesser Long-tongued Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Chrysosphaerella coronacircumspina is a colonial chrysophyte alga in the genus Chrysosphaerella, family Chromulinaceae. Its compound specific epithet corona-circumspina (Latin: crown of surrounding spines) references the distinctive arrangement of silica spines forming a ring or crown around each cell in the colony. Each cell in a Chrysosphaerella colony bears both flat siliceous scales and long, projecting spines, with the spine arrangement being species-specific and taxonomically diagnostic. The colonial organization is held together by organic matrix material, creating a spherical or semi-spherical aggregate visible under light microscopy. C. coronacircumspina is found in freshwater phytoplankton communities in Scandinavia, consistent with the broader distribution of Chrysosphaerella in cold-temperate and subarctic lakes. The silica structures produced by Chrysosphaerella cells are deposited in lake sediments upon cell death, creating millennial-scale paleoenvironmental archives. Chrysophytes are sensitive to lake acidification, nutrients, and temperature, making them useful climate proxies in paleolimnological research. The species has not been assessed for conservation status by the IUCN and is listed as Not Evaluated.