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The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, [4] is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia . [ 5 ]
Common name Scientific name Status Notes Distribution Loggerhead sea turtle: Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) VU [2] Two sightings between 1960 and 2007 [3] Gulf of Alaska: Green sea turtle: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) EN [4] 15 sightings between 1960 and 2007 [5] Gulf of Alaska: Olive ridley sea turtle: Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz ...
Sea turtles eat mostly jellyfish, crustaceans and squid. There are 6 species worldwide, of which at least 5 are currently endangered. Loggerhead sea turtle – Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) [EN] Pacific green turtle – Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868 [1] [EN] Green sea turtle – Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) [EN]
In contrast to their earth-bound relatives, tortoises, sea turtles do not have the ability to retract their heads into their shells. Their plastron, which is the bony plate making up the underside of a turtle or tortoise's shell, is comparably more reduced from other turtle species and is connected to the top part of the shell by ligaments without a hinge separating the pectoral and abdominal ...
Scientific name Common name Distribution Status Chelydra acutirostris: South American snapping turtle: Pacific & Caribbean lowlands: Sea turtles - Cheloniidae: Scientific name Common name Distribution Status Caretta caretta: Loggerhead sea turtle: Caribbean: endangered: Lepidochelys kempii: Kemp's ridley sea turtle: Caribbean: critically ...
That was the takeaway from Tuesday's physical examination of Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New England Aquarium in Boston for more than 50 years.
The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) is an endangered sea turtle found in tropical and subtropical seas around the world, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The common name derives from the usually green fat found beneath its carapace .
In Hawaii, three species of sea turtles are considered native: honu, honu’ea and the leatherback sea turtle. Two other species, the loggerhead sea turtle and the olive ridley sea turtle, are sometimes observed in Hawaiian waters. [16] The Hawaiian green sea turtle is the most common sea turtle in Hawaiian waters.