scholarly journals The confirmed occurrence of two specimens of Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) from Mersin Bay (NE Mediterranean, Turkey)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-298
Author(s):  
Deniz Ergüden ◽  
Deniz Ayas
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Chicken Breast ◽  
Free Swimming ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Ne Mediterranean ◽  
Meristic Data

Remoras attach to sharks, big fish, and sea turtles and continue their lives with these creatures. Kapızlı and Tekeli beaches are located near Göksu Delta and Anamur nesting areas of Caretta caretta. In this study, two Remora individuals were caught with a fishing rod in July, when the ovulation was most intense. The smaller remora individual (33 cm) was caught from the coast of Tekeli with the chicken breast at a depth of 2.5 m, and the larger one (66 cm) with bread at a depth of 1.5 m from Kapızlı beach on 24.07.2020. The two Remora individuals caught were probably attached to the sea turtles. However, probably due to sea turtles going to the beach to lay eggs, Remoras started to free-swimming, and they were caught with the fishing line since they could not be fed. The present study reported that the first occurrence of Remora specimens is probably attached to turtles for Turkey's northeastern Mediterranean coast. Besides, this study is provided some morphometric and meristic data on this species and discussed a probable host of these specimens.

scholarly journals First report of the scavenging isopod Natatolana neglecta (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) feeding on a sea turtle

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
OHIANA REVUELTA ◽  
FRANCESC DOMÈNECH ◽  
STEPHEN KEABLE ◽  
RAÚL MÍGUEZ-LOZANO
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Gut Contents ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Juvenile Male ◽  
Coelomic Cavity ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtle

A juvenile male loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was found dead in April 2015, entangled in a trammel net on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Post-mortem examination revealed the presence of ninety-five isopods dispersed in the coelomic cavity, and inside the oesophagus and skull. All individuals found scavenging on the sea turtle were identified as Natatolana neglecta (Hansen, 1890) (Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Genetic analysis of the isopod gut contents showed that they were feeding on turtle tissue, confirming that N. neglecta can also attack dead sea turtles. This study shows the value of cirolanids as potential indicators of the cause of death in stranded sea turtles.

The widely occurring brittlestar Ophiactis savignyi (Amphilepidida: Ophiactidae) as an epibiont on loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4695 (5) ◽  
pp. 497-500
Author(s):  
RYOTA HAYASHI ◽  
MASANORI OKANISHI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtle ◽  
First Occurrence

We describe the first occurrence of the widely occurring brittlestar Ophiactis savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842) as epibionts on Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), the loggerhead sea turtles. On the sea turtle epibionts, the coronulid barnacles were well studied as listed in Hayashi (2013), and recently some crustaceans were collected from loggerhead sea turtles and described as new species (Tanabe et al. 2017; Tanaka and Hayashi 2019). In contrast, echinoderm epibionts listed from sea turtles are poorly understood (Table 1) and this study represents the novel discovery of an ophiuroid, which was not previously known to occur on the surface of this species. 

scholarly journals New insights into the gut microbiome in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta stranded on the Mediterranean coast

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. e0220329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Arizza ◽  
Luca Vecchioni ◽  
Santo Caracappa ◽  
Giulia Sciurba ◽  
Flavia Berlinghieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiome ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
The Mediterranean

I3S Pattern as a mark-recapture tool to identify captured and free-swimming sea turtles: an assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 589 ◽  
pp. 263-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Calmanovici ◽  
D Waayers ◽  
J Reisser ◽  
J Clifton ◽  
M Proietti
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Free Swimming ◽  
Mark Recapture

Mortality of sea turtles Caretta caretta in coastal waters of Georgia

1982 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Ruckdescheil ◽  
George R. Zug
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta

Pharmacokinetics of Marbofloxacin in Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) after Single Intravenous and Intramuscular Doses

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olimpia R. Lai ◽  
Pedro Marín ◽  
Pietro Laricchiuta ◽  
Giacomo Marzano ◽  
Giuseppe Crescenzo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles

scholarly journals Letter to the editor: Theileria in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-710
Author(s):  
Nicole I. Stacy ◽  
Ellis C. Greiner ◽  
Elliott R. Jacobson ◽  
John W. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Sea Turtles ◽  
Caretta Caretta ◽  
Loggerhead Sea Turtles ◽  
Letter To The Editor
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