Crenulated Flapwort vs Green Sea Turtle

Solenostoma gracillimum compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

Crenulated Flapwort is Least Concern while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crenulated Flapwort	Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Plantae (식물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Marchantiophyta (우산이끼문)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Jungermanniopsida (망울이끼강)	Reptilia (파충류)
Order	Jungermanniales (망울이끼목)	Testudines (거북)
Family	Solenostomataceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Solenostoma	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Solenostoma gracillimum	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

Crenulated Flapwort

LC — Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

EN — Endangered

Population: ~85.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crenulated Flapwort

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, Taiwan, and United States.

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.