Sea turtles species in Azores archipelago
Citation
Barcelos L M D, Barreiros J B, Barreiros J P (2022). Sea turtles species in Azores archipelago. Version 1.4. Universidade dos Açores. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/2e2sx2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-04-25.Description
Sea turtles are the best-known and more widespread marine reptiles. However, information on their distribution and the occurrence of most species, except for nesting beaches, remains scarce and sporadic, depending on sightings from fishing vessels, tourist activities and occurrences in coastal areas as well as fishing bycatch. Since the last updated species’ list for the Azores (Santos et al, 2010), no new species’ record was known for Azorean waters, until October 2020, with the confirmed sighting of an Olive Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Barcelos et al. 2021). After that, in February 2021, a second individual was found stranded on Pico Island, already in an advanced state of decomposition. This increased the number of species present in Azores EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone) to six out of the seven extant worldwide. The remaining one, Natator depressus (Garman, 1880), is native to the Indo-pacific (see Red List Standards & Petitions Subcommittee, 1996).Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Checklist of the sea turtles that occur in the Azorean EEZ.
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Animaliarank: kingdom
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Chordatarank: phylum
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Reptiliarank: class
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Testudinesrank: order
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Cryptodirarank: suborder
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Dermochelyidaerank: family
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Cheloniidaerank: family
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Dermochelysrank: genus
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Lepidochelysrank: genus
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Eretmochelysrank: genus
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Cheloniarank: genus
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Carettarank: genus
Geographic Coverages
Azores EEZ
Bibliographic Citations
- Santos M A, Martins H R, Santos R S (2010): Reptilia. In: A List of the Terrestrial and Marine Biota from the Azores, p. 344. Borges P A V, Costa A, Cunha R, Gabriel R, Gonçalves V, Martins A F, et al., Eds, Cascais, Portugal, Principia Editora. -
- Barcelos L M D, Michielsen G, Sérgio B, Oliveira S, Barreiros J P (2021). First record of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829), in the Azores Islands, northeastern Atlantic Ocean (Testudines, Cheloniidae). Herpetology Notes, 14: 371-373. -
Contacts
Luis M D Barcelosoriginator
position: PhD student
Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group
R. Capitão João d'Ávila
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: luis.md.barcelos@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/luis-barcelos
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-679X
João Bernardo Barreiros
originator
position: BSc Student
Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group
R. Capitão João d'Ávila
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
email: jbernvb@gmail.com
João P Barreiros
originator
position: Assistant Professor with Habilitation
Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group
R. Capitão João d'Ávila
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: joao.ps.barreiros@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/joatildeo-pedro-da-silva-ramos-barreiros
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4531-6685
Luis M D Barcelos
metadata author
position: PhD student
Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group
R. Capitão João d'Ávila
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: luis.md.barcelos@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/luis-barcelos
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-679X
Luis M D Barcelos
administrative point of contact
position: PhD student
Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group
R. Capitão João d'Ávila
Angra do Heroísmo
9700-042
Azores
PT
Telephone: 295402200
email: luis.md.barcelos@uac.pt
homepage: http://gba.uac.pt/member/luis-barcelos
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-679X