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 (菌界)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Ascomycota (子嚢菌門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (チャシブゴケ菌綱)	Reptilia (爬虫類)
Order	Peltigerales (Peltigerales)	Testudines (カメ)
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は、湿潤な生息地の湿った岩石表面、土壌、苔の上に小さなゼリー状の葉状体を形成するゼラチン質の暗色シアノ地衣類です。葉状体内にシアノバクテリアの光合成共生体を含み、窒素固定が可能です。準絶滅危惧（NT）に指定されており、この目立たない地衣類はヨーロッパの分布域において、生息地の乾燥化、攪乱、安定した湿潤な微小生息地の喪失に敏感です。