vs Green Sea Turtle

Enchylium bachmanianum compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Near Threatened while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Collemataceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Enchylium	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Enchylium bachmanianum	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

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

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.

Enchylium bachmanianum is a gelatinous, dark-coloured cyanolichen forming small, jelly-like lobes on moist rock surfaces, soil, and mosses in humid habitats. It contains cyanobacterial photobionts within its thallus, enabling nitrogen fixation. Near Threatened, this inconspicuous lichen is sensitive to habitat drying, disturbance, and the loss of stable, humid microhabitats in its European range.