Open AccessRecord of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae), in the Black Sea with the Review of the Species Occurrence in the Region
Author(s) -
Олександр Зіненко,
Karina Vishnyakova,
L. Stoyanov,
Pavel Gol’din
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
zoodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2707-7268
pISSN - 2707-725X
DOI - 10.15407/zoo2021.02.127
Subject(s) - black sea , fishery , sea turtle , mediterranean sea , range (aeronautics) , geography , mediterranean climate , oceanography , turtle (robot) , biology , geology , archaeology , materials science , composite material
A rare live record of the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) is reported from the Dzharylgach Gulf in the north-western Black Sea. This is the first record from Ukrainian waters since 1962 and the northernmost record of the species in the Black Sea. The loggerhead sea turtles of the east Mediterranean origin are increasingly often seen in the Marmara and the Black Sea during the latest decade, which is an evidence for potential expansion of this species range, at least partly due to climate changes. Key words: sea turtles, Caretta caretta, Black Sea, Ukraine, range expansion.