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Marine debris ingestion by Chelonia mydas (Testudines: Cheloniidae) on the Brazilian coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015
Chelonia mydas is distributed in several regions of the world and they are common in coastal regions and around islands. Between August 2008 and July 2009, 20 specimens of C. mydas were found dead on the beaches of Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. The stomachs were removed and anthropogenic wastes were separated according their malleability and color.
Sarah, da Silva Mendes, Robson Henrique, de Carvalho, Adriana Fonseca, de Faria, Bernadete Maria, de Sousa   +3 more
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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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Swimming in Sea Turtles of the Family Cheloniidae

Copeia, 1971
Cheloniid turtles swim by moving the blade of their pectoral flipper up and down along a line inclined from 40? to 70? from the horizontal plane. The leading edge of the blade is inclined anteroventrally on the downstroke and anterodorsally on the upstroke, and the tip of the blade usually inscribes a figure 8.
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Ovarian follicular development in the hawksbill turtle (Cheloniidae: Eretmochelys imbricata L.)

Journal of Morphology, 2012
AbstractOvarian follicular development is an essential process in the determination of maturation stages associated with size. This association acquires importance when managing populations of threatened species. We histologically processed 11 prepubescent ovaries, four pubescent ovaries, and one breeding adult ovary with vitellogenic follicles using ...
Emir, Pérez-Bermúdez, Ariel, Ruiz-Urquiola, Idania, Lee-González, Benjamin, Petric, Nilda, Almaguer-Cuenca, Ana, Sanz-Ochotorena, Georgina, Espinosa-López   +6 more
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Cheloniidae Oppel 1811

2015
FAMILY CHELONIIDAE Oppel 1811, 4 (4 genera, 4 species). Oppel used Chelonii in his key to the Chéloniens. Caretta Rafinesque 1814, 66 (1 species) Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758, 197) Chelonia Brongniart 1800, 89 (1 species) Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus 1758, 197) Eretmochelys Fitzinger 1843, 30 (1 species) Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus 1766, 350 ...
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The choanal papillae of the Cheloniidae

1958
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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A Sea Turtle (Cheloniidae) from the Middle Eocene of North Caucasus

Paleontological Journal, 2019
The incomplete skeleton of a juvenile sea turtle (Cheloniidae) is described from the terminal Bartonian (late Middle Eocene) of the Gorny Luch locality (Krasnodar krai, Russia) as Eochelone sp. The new find extends the known geographic distribution of turtles of the genus Eochelone Dollo, 1903, previously known in Europe only from the Lutetian of ...
E. A. Zvonok, E. V. Syromyatnikova, I. G. Danilov, A. F. Bannikov   +3 more
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KAJIAN ETNOZOOLOGI DAN PEMANFAATAN PENYU (Cheloniidae dan Dermochelyidae) DI SUMATERA BARAT

2022
Penyu merupakan salah satu reptil terbesar di laut yang mampu bermigrasi dalam jarak yang jauh di Samudera Hindia dan Pasifik. Keberadaan penyu memiliki arti penting dalam segala aspek, namun saat ini penyu masuk ke dalam daftar merah IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Redlist dan Appendix I CITES (Convention International Trade in ...
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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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The first fossil sea turtles (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Cenozoic of Australia

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 2014
An isolated dentary and costal identified as cf. Pacifichelys and Cheloniidae indet., respectively, are described from the upper Miocene–lower Pliocene Black Rock Sandstone of Beaumaris, Victoria, Australia. These remains represent the first fossil evidence of sea turtles from the Cenozoic of Australia.
Erich M. G. Fitzgerald, Lesley Kool
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