vs Green Sea Turtle

Dolichospermum skujaelaxum compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cyanobacteriia	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Cyanobacteriales	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Nostocaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Dolichospermum	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Dolichospermum skujaelaxum	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 Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Sweden.

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.

Dolichospermum skujaelaxum is a filamentous, gas-vacuolate, nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium in the family Aphanizomenonaceae. It forms planktonic blooms in eutrophic freshwater lakes and reservoirs and is named in honor of the phycologist Håkan Skuja.

Green Sea Turtle

The green sea turtle is one of the largest sea turtles. They are named for the green color of their cartilage and fat, not their shells.