vs Green Sea Turtle

Alexandrium minutum compared with Chelonia mydas

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while Green Sea Turtle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Green Sea Turtle
Kingdom	Chromista (色藻界)	Animalia (动物界)
Phylum	Myzozoa (黏孢门)	Chordata (脊索动物门)
Class	Dinophyceae (横裂甲藻纲)	Reptilia (爬行纲)
Order	Gonyaulacales (膝沟藻目)	Testudines (龟鳖目)
Family	Ostreopsidaceae	Cheloniidae (Sea Turtles)
Genus	Alexandrium	Chelonia (Green Sea Turtles)
Species	Alexandrium minutum	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 Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Egypt, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (Mexico), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.

微小亚历山大藻（Alexandrium minutum）是一种小型有甲壳的海洋甲藻，以产生麻痹性贝毒（PSP）毒素著称，是导致赤潮和贝类毒素污染的重要肇因之一。该物种广泛分布于全球温带和热带沿海水域，在适宜条件下可大量繁殖形成有害藻华。其毒素对人类食用受污染贝类后的健康构成潜在威胁。