Occurrence and genetic analysis of a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Mediterranean Sea

  1. Tomás Aguirre, Jesús
  2. Formia, Angela
  3. Fernández Martínez, Mercedes
Revista:
Scientia Marina

ISSN: 0214-8358

Any de publicació: 2003

Volum: 67

Número: 3

Pàgines: 367-369

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.3989/SCIMAR.2003.67N3367 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Resum

We report on a juvenile Kemp¿s ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii, captured alive by fishermen in the waters off Alicante (western Mediterranean, Spain) on October 15th 2001. The analysis of a 460 base pair fragment of the mt DNA control region revealed a perfect match with haplotype D previously described in this species. This is the second report of L. kempii in the Mediterranean basin.

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