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Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12,000 extant reptile species and subspecies are classed as marine reptiles, including marine iguanas , sea snakes , sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles .
Like other marine reptiles, sea turtles rely on a specialized gland to rid the body of excess salt, because reptilian kidneys cannot produce urine with a higher ion concentration than sea water. [51] All species of sea turtles have a lachrymal gland in the orbital cavity, capable of producing tears with a higher salt concentration than sea water.
Fordonia leucobalia (White-bellied mangrove snake) Myron. Myron karnsi. Myron resetari. Myron richardsonii. Hydrophiinae (Sea snakes) Aipysurus. Aipysurus eydouxii (Spine-tailed sea snake) Aipysurus laevis (Olive sea snake)
Range of sea snakes shown in lime green, except the widespread, pelagic yellow-bellied sea snake. Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae. Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, whereas ...
Marine iguana. The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the sea iguana, saltwater iguana, or Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Unique among modern lizards, it is a marine reptile that has the ability to forage in the sea for algae, which makes up almost all of its ...
Tiếng Việt; 中文; Edit links ... Pages in category "Marine reptiles" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect ...
Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies, are the medusa -phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals, although a few are anchored to the seabed by stalks rather than being motile. They are made of an umbrella-shaped main body made of ...
Anatomical description. [edit] Berghia stephanieae nudibranch body: Note the oral tentacles (ot), foot tentacles (ft), eye (e), rhinophores (r), and cerata (c). This species has cnidosacs (cn) at the cerata tips. Scale bar is 100 μm. The body forms of nudibranchs vary greatly. Because they are opisthobranchs, unlike most other gastropods, they ...