vs False Water Rat

Clastidium setigerum compared with Xeromys myoides

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while False Water Rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		False Water Rat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (สาหร่ายสีเขียวแกมน้ำเงิน)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)
Family	Chamaesiphonaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Clastidium	Xeromys
Species	Clastidium setigerum	Xeromys myoides

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

False Water Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		False Water Rat
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.

False Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Clastidium setigerum is a filamentous cyanobacterium in the family Clastidiaceae, characterized by producing tapering filaments anchored to substrates by a basal holdfast cell. It grows on coarser algae, invertebrates, and rocky substrates in freshwater or marine environments. Its single, hair-like trichome ending in a long colorless hair is a distinctive morphological feature of this genus.