New Zealand Sea Lion vs

Phocarctos hookeri compared with Stephanoeca kentii

Key Differences

• New Zealand Sea Lion is Endangered while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Zealand Sea Lion
Kingdom	Animalia (hayvan)	Protozoa (protozoa)
Phylum	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Choanozoa (Choanozoa)
Class	Mammalia (memeliler)	Choanoflagellatea (Choanoflagellate)
Order	Carnivora (etçiller)	Choanoflagellida (Choanoflagellida)
Family	Otariidae	Acanthoecidae
Genus	Phocarctos	Stephanoeca
Species	Phocarctos hookeri	Stephanoeca kentii

Conservation Status

New Zealand Sea Lion

EN — Endangered

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Zealand Sea Lion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Zealand Sea Lion

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

Stephanoeca kentii is a loricate choanoflagellate, a marine unicellular organism that constructs a delicate basket-like structure (lorica) of siliceous strips surrounding its cell. It inhabits coastal and oceanic waters where it feeds on picoplankton bacteria. Choanoflagellates like this species are of scientific interest as the closest living unicellular relatives of animals.