Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Lepidochelys olivacea

Ridley Sea Turtle

WoRMS 220293ITIS 173840key worms:220293

2026-08-05: itis_id 173840 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Ray Chatterji · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Lepidochelys olivacea

Ridley Sea Turtle76 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · sealifebase

Injured (maybe dead) Olive Ridley turtle, near Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, India — Photo · Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · commons

The olive ridley sea turtle, also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae. The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1996 and 1997.R

2
observations: 2
records: 2
sampling events: 1996–1997
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.

Seabirds & Marine Mammals 2 obs · 2 events · 1996–1997
name used: Lepidochelys olivacea Ridley Sea Turtle · code RITU

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/.

Explorer db-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:220293%22

Lepidochelys olivacea

How big is itiEvery 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 iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
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/.