vs Green Sea Turtle

Desulfurococcus mucosus compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Archaea (Archaea)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Thermoproteota (Thermoproteota)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Thermoproteia	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Sulfolobales (Sulfolobales)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Desulfurococcaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Desulfurococcus	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Desulfurococcus mucosus	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

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.

Desulfurococcus mucosus é uma archaea hipertermofílica da família Desulfurococcaceae, que prospera em ambientes quentes e anaeróbicos como fontes termais e fontes hidrotermais a temperaturas acima de 80 °C. É um anaeróbio obrigatório que reduz enxofre como aceptor de elétrons durante o metabolismo. A superfície celular é coberta por uma camada S característica semelhante a muco que lhe confere o nome da espécie.