floating crystalwort vs Green Sea Turtle

Riccia fluitans compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

floating crystalwort is Near Threatened while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	floating crystalwort	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Order	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)	Testudines (Turtles & Tortoises)
Family	Ricciaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Riccia	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Riccia fluitans	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

floating crystalwort

NT — Near Threatened

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

floating crystalwort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile). 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.