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RESEARCH PRODUCT

A new record and molecular characterization of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Sicilian coastal waters

Maria Flaminia PersichettiMarco ArculeoAntonio PiazzaVittoria CurròFederico MarroneSandra MarineoAntonino GentileAntonio Iraci FuintinoSanto Caracappa

subject

Chelonia mydasCOI mitochondrial DNAbiologyEcologySettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaZoologySea turtleAquatic ScienceOceanographybiology.organism_classificationlanguage.human_languagelaw.inventionlawMediterranean SealanguageMediterranean areaCheloniidaeSea turtle Chelonia mydas COI mitochondrial DNA Mediterranean SeaTurtle (robot)Sicilian

description

A juvenile specimen of the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas, was recovered in Sicilian coastal waters close to Avola (Syracuse province, south-eastern Sicily, Italy). Before being released, the specimen was measured and inspected for the presence of ingested hooks or other possible harms to its health. A fragment of the mtDNA marker COI was amplified and sequenced in order to provide the first molecular data for the species from the central Mediterranean area. The possible influence of climate change on the occurrence of this thermophilic species in the central Mediterranean area is briefly discussed.

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2017-04-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/224997