Chelonia mydas green sea turtle

Chelonia mydas is commonly referred to as green sea turtle. Difficulty in the aquarium: suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5071 

AphiaID:

137206 

Scientific:

Chelonia mydas 

German:

Grüne Meeresschildkröte, Suppenschildkröte 

English:

Green Sea Turtle 

Category:

Reptiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cheloniidae (Family) > Chelonia (Genus) > mydas (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Sudan, West Sahara, Suriname, Zirkumsubtropisch, (the) Maldives, Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Azores, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Circumglobal, Circumtropic, Columbia, Comores, Congo, Corea, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico (East Pacific), Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Ogasawara Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, São Tomé e Principé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Tonga, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 200 Meter 

Habitats:

Ocean beach, Seashore, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

35.43" - 41.34" (90cm - 105cm) 

Weight:

1.4 Tonnen 

Temperature:

15,7 °F - 28,9 °F (15,7°C - 28,9°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Aquatic plant, Clams, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Crabs, Edible crab, Fether stars, Fish (little fishes), Hydrozoa polyps, Invertebrates, Jellyfish, Phytoplankton, Sea squirts, Sea weed, Sepia, Snails, Sponges, Worms 

Difficulty:

suitable for large display tanks (public aquarium or zoo) only 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix I (trade generally prohibited)) 

Red List:

Endangered (EN) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Chelonia mydas
  Grüne Meeresschildkröte, Suppenschildkröte

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-01-26 23:35:07 

Last edit:

2025-07-01 20:56:04 

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