Tortuga laud (familia Dermochelyidae)

Tortuga laud (familia Dermochelyidae)
Si n ón i mos: familia Sphargidae, suborden Athecae, suborden Athecata, Tortuga laud (familia Dermochelyidae)
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Morphology 1,2
Oth er Ph ysi cal Featu res: ectothermic ; bilateral symmetry
Description 3,4
Horny skin smooth, scuteless; carapace black with seven narrow longitudinal ridges, white dotted
plastron with five longitudinal ridges; upper jaw with a well-defined cusp on each side, giving the horny
beak a W-shaped appearance when viewed from the front; large flippers without claws, the anterior
pair much bigger, the posterior broadly connected with the tail by a web in adults .
Reproduction 1,2
K ey R ep rod u cti ve Featu res: gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
Statistics of barcoding coverage 5
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:28
Specimens with Sequences:19
Specimens with Barcodes:19
Species:1
Species With Barcodes:1
Public Records:18
Public Species:1
Public BINs:1
References
1. Pecor, K. 2003. "Dermochelyidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 27, 2013 at
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Dermochelyidae.html
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3. MASDEA (1997). MASDEA (1997).
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5. © Barcode of Life Data Systems, some rights reserved