vs Green Sea Turtle

Chroomonas nordstedtii compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Chromista (Chromista)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Cryptophyta	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Cryptophyceae (Cryptophyceae)	Reptilia (Reptilien)
Order	Pyrenomonadales (Pyrenomonadales)	Testudines (Schildkröten)
Family	Chroomonadaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Chroomonas	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Chroomonas nordstedtii	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 and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, and 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.

Chroomonas nordstedtii is a species of cryptophyte alga in the family Chroomonadaceae, named after the Swedish botanist Carl Fredrik Otto Nordstedt, a prominent phycologist of the nineteenth century who made significant contributions to the study of freshwater algae and desmids. Cryptophytes in the genus Chroomonas are small, biflagellate unicells widely distributed in freshwater and brackish environments globally, contributing to planktonic diversity and primary production. They are distinguished from other flagellate algae by their unique cryptophyte plastid, nucleomorph, and ejectosomes — proteinaceous coiled structures unique to the group. Chroomonas nordstedtii has been documented from European freshwater habitats, including Scandinavian localities that were well studied by Nordic phycologists in the classical period of algal taxonomy. The species is part of the diverse microalgal flora of boreal and temperate freshwater ecosystems. Cryptophytes contribute to planktonic food webs as prey for heterotrophic protists and small metazoans, and as high-quality dietary components in zooplankton feeding experiments. The species has not been assessed under IUCN criteria.