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Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill; Hawksbill sea turtle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus Eretmochelys. The species has a worldwide distribution, with Atlantic and Indo-Pacific subspecies—E. i. imbricata and E. i. bissa, respectively.
View Wikipedia Record: Eretmochelys imbricata

Infraspecies

Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Pacific hawksbill turtle)
Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (Atlantic hawksbill turtle)

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Eretmochelys imbricata

Attributes

Egg Length [2]  1.417 inches (36 mm)
Gestation [2]  61 days
Litter Size [4]  128
Litters / Year [4]  3
Maximum Longevity [4]  20 years
Migration [1]  Intraoceanic
Water Biome [1]  Reef
Adult Weight [2]  147.71 lbs (67.00 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  15 grams
Female Weight [2]  137.349 lbs (62.30 kg)
Diet [1]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [3]  3 years 6 months
Male Maturity [3]  3 years 6 months

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Emblem of

Antigua And Barbuda

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Epinephelus itajara (Jewfish)[6]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
♦ 5Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass, Anne Meylan, Science, New Series, Vol. 239, No. 4838 (Jan. 22, 1988), pp. 393-395
♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 7Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0