vs Green Sea Turtle

Echinostelium paucifilum compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Protozoa (أوالي)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (حبليات)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Reptilia (زواحف)
Order	Echinosteliales (Echinosteliales)	Testudines (سلحفاة)
Family	Echinosteliaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Echinostelium	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Echinostelium paucifilum	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Green Sea Turtle
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	80 years
Average Length	—	1.2 m
Average Weight	—	200.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Green Sea Turtle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 8 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Mexico. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Echinostelium paucifilum is a minute myxomycete producing exceptionally tiny sporangia, among the smallest in the class Myxogastria. It grows on decaying plant material and bark in humid, sheltered microhabitats in forests worldwide. The species name paucifilum refers to the few threads (capillitial filaments) in its sporangium, a distinctive feature of this minuscule organism.