Nuevo registro y caracterización molecular de la tortuga verde Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) en las aguas costeras sicilianas

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  • Santo Caracappa Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
  • Maria Flaminia Persichetti Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
  • Antonio Piazza Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
  • Antonino Gentile Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
  • Sandra Marineo Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
  • Vittoria Currò Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
  • Antonio Iraci Fuintino Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia
  • Federico Marrone Università degli Studi di Palermo
  • Marco Arculeo Università degli Studi di Palermo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572017000100014

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Sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, COI mitochondrial DNA, Mediterranean Sea

Resumen

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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2019-10-15

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Caracappa, S., Persichetti, M. F., Piazza, A., Gentile, A., Marineo, S., Currò, V., … Arculeo, M. (2019). Nuevo registro y caracterización molecular de la tortuga verde Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) en las aguas costeras sicilianas. Revista De Biología Marina Y Oceanografía, 52(1), 163–167. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572017000100014

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