First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea
To conserve national biodiversity, enlisting and detailed morphological description of unrecorded species is critical. Here, we, for the first time in Korea, report and describe detailed morphological characteristics of two juvenile hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, captured from Seongsan-e...
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| description | To conserve national biodiversity, enlisting and detailed morphological description of unrecorded species is critical. Here, we, for the first time in Korea, report and describe detailed morphological characteristics of two juvenile hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, captured from Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do and Geumnam-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea on 4 August 2016 and 19 December 2016, respectively. Both specimens had a narrow head, pointed beak, four pairs of costal scutes, and four pairs of poreless inframarginal scutes, which are typical morphological characteristics of E. imbricata. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA control region sequences of a specimen confirmed again that the specimens are E. imbricata. With this addition of E. imbricata ( Mae-bu-ri-ba-da-geo-buk in Korean), four species of sea turtles have now been reported from Korean waters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46943077805b4ed1be2cb2b55946a2712022-12-21T18:58:07ZengElsevierJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity2287-884X2020-06-01132151155First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South KoreaIl-Hun Kim0Chang-Ho Yi1Dong-Jin Han2Daesik Park3Jaejin Park4In-Young Cho5Min-Seop Kim6Department of Ecology and Conservation, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon, Chungnam 33662, South KoreaDepartment of Ecology and Conservation, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon, Chungnam 33662, South Korea; School of Biological Science, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South KoreaHanwha Aqua Planet Yeosu, Yeosu, Chonnam 59744, South KoreaDivision of Science Education, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Kangwon 24341, South KoreaDivision of Science Education, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Kangwon 24341, South KoreaDepartment of Ecology and Conservation, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon, Chungnam 33662, South KoreaDepartment of Ecology and Conservation, National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea, Seocheon, Chungnam 33662, South Korea; Corresponding author. Tel.: +82 041 950 0702; fax: +82 041 950 0708.To conserve national biodiversity, enlisting and detailed morphological description of unrecorded species is critical. Here, we, for the first time in Korea, report and describe detailed morphological characteristics of two juvenile hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, captured from Seongsan-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do and Geumnam-myeon, Hadong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea on 4 August 2016 and 19 December 2016, respectively. Both specimens had a narrow head, pointed beak, four pairs of costal scutes, and four pairs of poreless inframarginal scutes, which are typical morphological characteristics of E. imbricata. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA control region sequences of a specimen confirmed again that the specimens are E. imbricata. With this addition of E. imbricata ( Mae-bu-ri-ba-da-geo-buk in Korean), four species of sea turtles have now been reported from Korean waters.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X20300169CheloniidaeEretmochelys imbricataHawksbill turtleSea turtle |
| spellingShingle | Il-Hun Kim Chang-Ho Yi Dong-Jin Han Daesik Park Jaejin Park In-Young Cho Min-Seop Kim First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill turtle Sea turtle |
| title | First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea |
| title_full | First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea |
| title_fullStr | First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea |
| title_short | First record of the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae) from South Korea |
| title_sort | first record of the hawksbill turtle eretmochelys imbricata reptilia testudines cheloniidae from south korea |
| topic | Cheloniidae Eretmochelys imbricata Hawksbill turtle Sea turtle |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X20300169 |
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