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Rev. biol. mar. oceanogr. 52(1): 163-167 http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-19572017000100014 |
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A new record and molecular characterization of the Green Turtle Chelonia mydas (Testudines, Cheloniidae) in Sicilian coastal waters |
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Santo Caracappa1, Maria Flaminia Persichetti1, Antonio Piazza1, Antonino Gentile1, Sandra Marineo1, Vittoria Currò1, Antonio Iraci Fuintino1, Federico Marrone2 and Marco Arculeo2* |
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1Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Via G. Marinuzzi 3, 90129 Palermo, Italy
2Dipartimento STEBICEF, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo, Italy
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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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Key words: Sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, COI mitochondrial DNA, Mediterranean Sea |
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