vs Green Sea Turtle

Dictyota dichotoma compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Vulnerable while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Chromista (Chromista)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ochrophyta (Ochrophyta)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Phaeophyceae (Phaeophyceae)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Dictyotales (Dictyotales)	Testudines (Tartaruga)
Family	Dictyotaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Dictyota	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Dictyota dichotoma	Chelonia mydas

Conservation Status

VU — Vulnerable

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

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate grasslands and steppes, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and South America (Argentina, Brazil). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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.

Dictyota dichotoma é uma alga parda comum com frondes planas, repetidamente bifurcadas e de cor verde-oliva a marrom-dourado, formando talos em forma de leque. Habita costas rochosas intermareais e submareais rasas de mares temperados a tropicais em todo o mundo. Esta macroalga fotossintética ancora-se à rocha por meio de um rizoide e pode se reproduzir tanto sexuada quanto assexuadamente.