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- First record of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829), in the Azores Islands, northeastern Atlantic Ocean (Testudines, Cheloniidae)Publication . Barcelos, Luis M. D.; Michielsen, Gerbrand; Sérgio, Bruno; Oliveira, Suzi; Barreiros, João P.While on their way northwestwards to D. João de Castro Bank in the Portuguese Azores Islands for diving and birdwatching on 9 October 2020, occupants of a rib boat from the Best Spot Azores Dive Center (São Miguel Island, Azores), spotted a sea turtle with a bird on top of its carapace, at a position halfway between Ponta dos Mosteiros on São Miguel Island and the bank (37.9676°N, 26.1671°W; Fig. 1). The bird was identified as a Common Tern (Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758) and photos were taken. […].
- A healed propeller wound on a wild loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta (Testudines, Cheloniidae), occupied by a pelagic crab, Planes minutus, in the Azores Islands, PortugalPublication . Anjos, Marcelo R.; Pelegrini, Larissa S.; Barreiros, João B. V.; Barcelos, Luis M. D.; Barreiros, João P.This paper details and discusses a helix-induced injury to the right anterior shell of a seemingly healthy subadult loggerhead turtle. On 10 September 2018, two of the authors (JBB and JPB) located a loggerhead sea turtle resting on the rocky reef bottom at a depth of about 10 m while freediving off the southeastern coast of Terceira Island, Azores [...]