Morphological features of the nasal cavities of hawksbill, olive ridley, and black sea turtles: Comparative studies with green, loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 We analyzed the internal structure of the nasal cavities of hawksbill, olive ridley and black sea turtles from computed tomography images. The nasal cavities of all three species consisted of a vestibule, nasopharyngeal duct and cavum nasi proprium that ...
Chiyo Kitayama +14 more
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Marine turtles are only minimally sexually size dimorphic, a pattern that is distinct from most nonmarine aquatic turtles [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Turtles have been prominent subjects of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) analyses due to their compact taxonomy, mating systems, and habitat diversity. In prior studies, marine turtles were grouped with fully aquatic non‐marine turtles (NMATs).
Christine Figgener +2 more
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An ancestral hard-shelled sea turtle with a mosaic of soft skin and scutes [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 The transition from terrestrial to marine environments by secondarily aquatic tetrapods necessitates a suite of adaptive changes associated with life in the sea, e.g., the scaleless skin in adult individuals of the extant leatherback turtle.
Randolph Glenn De La Garza +10 more
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Heterochromatin and microsatellites detection in karyotypes of four sea turtle species: Interspecific chromosomal differences [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2020 The wide variation in size and content of eukaryotic genomes is mainly attributed to the accumulation of repetitive DNA sequences, like microsatellites, which are tandemly repeated DNA sequences.
Caroline Regina Dias Machado +6 more
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Some digenetic trematodes found in a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) from Brazil [PDF]
Helminthologia, 2021 This paper reports three recovered species of digeneans from an adult loggerhead sea turtle - Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Brazil. These trematodes include Diaschistorchis pandus (Pronocephalidae), Cymatocarpus solearis (Brachycoeliidae ...
Cavaco B. +2 more
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Hematological profile of Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) according to the severity of fibropapillomatosis or its absence Perfil hematológico de Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) de acordo com o grau de acometimento pela fibropapilomatose e sua ausência [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2009 The green turtle Chelonia mydas feeds and nests in the Brazilian coastal area and is considered an endangered species by the World Conservation Union (IUCN 2009) and threatened by the Red List of Brazilian Fauna (Ministério do Meio Ambiente 2009 ...
Silmara Rossi +5 more
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Prionochelys matutina Zangerl, 1953 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the United States and the evolution of epithecal ossifications in marine turtles [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Many neritic to nearshore species of marine adapted turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America are thought to represent the stem lineage of Cheloniidae but due to fragmentary holotypes, low total specimen counts, and resultantly ...
Andrew D. Gentry
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The first Oligocene sea turtle (Pan-Cheloniidae) record of South America [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The evolution and occurrence of fossil sea turtles at the Pacific margin of South America is poorly known and restricted to Neogene (Miocene/Pliocene) findings from the Pisco Formation, Peru.
Edwin Cadena, Juan Abella, Maria Gregori
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Heart rate and cardiac response to exercise during voluntary dives in captive sea turtles (Cheloniidae) [PDF]
Biology Open, 2020 In chelonids, oxygen is primarily stored in the lungs during a dive. Therefore, management of blood oxygen transportation to peripheral tissues by cardiovascular adjustments during submergence is crucial to maximize their dive duration, and consequently,
Junichi Okuyama +2 more
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Creation of a peptide database of corneous beta-proteins of marine turtles for the identification of tortoiseshell: archaeological combs as case study [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Tortoiseshell is a proteinaceous material derived from the scutes of marine turtles, and was shaped into an abundance of objects, especially luxurious items, at its peak in the seventeenth and eighteenth century.
Caroline Solazzo +2 more
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