Occurrence and genetic analysis of a Kemp's Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) in the Mediterranean Sea
- Tomás Aguirre, Jesús
- Formia, Angela
- Fernández Martínez, Mercedes
ISSN: 0214-8358
Année de publication: 2003
Volumen: 67
Número: 3
Pages: 367-369
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Scientia Marina
Résumé
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.