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Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). Sea turtles play a significant role in balancing the oceans’ food chain. They feed on more than 200 taxa of vertebrates and invertebrates, including marine sponges, jellyfish, molluscs and crustaceans. Green turtles, for instance, help to maintain healthy seagrass beds, by grazing on it.

Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR2008

TAMAR

TAMAR
Mata de São João, Brazil

Different species of algae, and a large variety of sessile and vagile animals may be found fixed on sea turtle´s shell and soft tissues.

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  • Title: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas). Sea turtles play a significant role in balancing the oceans’ food chain. They feed on more than 200 taxa of vertebrates and invertebrates, including marine sponges, jellyfish, molluscs and crustaceans. Green turtles, for instance, help to maintain healthy seagrass beds, by grazing on it.
  • Creator: Banco de Imagens Projeto TAMAR
  • Date created: 2008
  • Location: Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brasil
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