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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

WoRMS 137206ITIS 173833key worms:137206
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2026-08-05: itis_id 173833 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Ray Chatterji · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Chelonia mydas
Green Sea Turtle1.0 m
bongo net ring71 cm

max · sealifebase

Photograph of Chelonia mydas
Photo · Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The green sea turtle, also known as the green turtle, black sea turtle, and Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus Chelonia.W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1998 and 1998.R

3
observations
3
records
3
sampling events
1998
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:137206%22