The Northernmost Record of the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae), in the Black Sea with the Review of the Species Occurrence in the Region

• Date: 2021
• Main Authors: Zinenko, O., Vishnyakova, K. A., Stoyanov, L., Gol’din, P. E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2021
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/163
• Journal Title: Zoodiversity

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...