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International migrations of South American sea turtles (Cheloniidae and Dermochelidae)

Animal Behaviour, 1973
Abstract Three species of sea turtles (the leatherback, Dermochelys coriacea ; the green turtle, Chelonia mydas ; and the olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea ) nest abundantly in the Guianas, especially on the beaches adjacent to the mouth of the Marowijne River. Tagging demonstrated that green turtles nesting in Surinam are recruited from feeding
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Helminth Parasites of Juvenile Green TurtlesChelonia mydas(Testudines: Cheloniidae) in Brazil

Journal of Parasitology, 2015
The present study offers a parasitological analysis of juvenile individuals of the green turtle ( Chelonia mydas ) found on the Brazilian coast between 2004 and 2011. Helminths were found in 90 out of 136 individuals (66.2%, CI = 57.7-74.0).
Werneck, Max Rondon, Silva, Reinaldo José da   +1 more
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Post-Nesting Movements of Marine Turtles (Cheloniidae and Dermochelyidae) Tagged in the Guianas

Copeia, 1976
Six recoveries of leatherback turtles tagged while nesting in the Guianas and caught in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, and Ghana are among the longest recorded migrations for turtles of any kind. Seventy-two ridley turtles from the same nesting area were recaptured as far west as Barbados, Trinidad, and Isla Margarita, and as far east as Amapa ...
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Helminth Parasites of the Juvenile Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata(Testudines: Cheloniidae) in Brazil

Journal of Parasitology, 2015
The helminth fauna of 31 juvenile specimens of Eretmochelys imbricata from the Brazilian coast was examined. Seventeen individuals were infected with helminths (54.8%). The helminths found were: Diaschistorchis pandus, Cricocephalus albus, Metacetabulum invaginatum, Pronocephalus obliquus (Pronocephalidae), Cymatocarpus solearis (Brachycoeliidae ...
Werneck, M. R., Lima, E. H.S.M., Pires, T., Silva, R. J.   +3 more
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Characterization of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles Chelonia mydas (Cheloniidae) captured in a foraging area in southeastern Brazil

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 2016
Fibropapillomatosis (FP) is a multifactorial disease that affects all species of marine turtles, including green turtles Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758). It is characterised by the development of internal or external tumours that, depending on their locations and sizes, may intensely impact the health condition of sea turtles.
Alícia Bertoloto, Tagliolatto, Suzana Machado, Guimarães, Gisele, Lobo-Hajdu, Cassiano, Monteiro-Neto   +3 more
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Analysis of the Mitochondrial cox1 Gene Barcode of the Family Cheloniidae

2023
Espinosa, Aaron Gabriel Bardon, Ponzo, Alessandro, Rizza Araceli Salinas, Fontanilla, Ian Kendrich Carandang   +3 more
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CHELONIIDAE AND DERMOCHELYIDAE, SEA TURTLES, FANO

2022
R. C. J. Walker, S. Ciccione, N. S. Ranaivoson, A. Cooke   +3 more
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Catapleura Cope, 1870 is Euclastes Cope, 1867 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae): synonymy revealed by a new specimen from New Jersey

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2021
Paul Ullmann
exaly  

Best Practice Guidelines for Sea Turtles (Cheloniidae)

2021
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Two New Species of Telorchis (Digenea: Telorchiidae) from a Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas (Cheloniidae), from the Upper Texas Coast with a Key to North American Species of Telorchis

Journal of Parasitology, 2020
Norman Dronen, Charlayna Cammarata
exaly