Tortuga verde - Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Catalina Monzón-Argüello 1, Jesús Tomás 2, Eugenia Naro-Maciel 3, Adolfo Marco 4

1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK

2 Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia. Apdo. 22085, E-46071 Valencia

3 Biology Department, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA

4 Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC), Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092, Sevilla

Fecha de publicación: 26-04-2011

Revisiones: 27-11-2015

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