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Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas aggazizi
21.5257, -158.232
Field Notes
Description:
Female green sea turtle ~2½ feet long swimming above reef; visible in the image are possible epibiotic colonizations/attachments indicated by the white encrustations on the left front flipper and on the posterior of the carapace
Habitat:
Coral reef in near shore tropical waters.
Notes:
Spotted about 100 yards offshore of Po'ohuna Point (near Makua Beach) on Leeward Oahu in about 35 feet of water; day and month of spotting are notional: only 1994 is known to be correct. Original medium was photoprint, taken with Nikonos V using flash; print subsequently scanned and image saved as digital file.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 2, 2011
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