The olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) is considered the most abundant sea turtle in the world, with an estimated 800,000 nesting females annually. Adults are relatively small, weighing on average around 45 kg. As with other species, their size and morphology varies from region to region. The olive ridley is omnivorous, feeding on algae, lobsters, crabs, tunicates, mollusks, shrimp The recent confirmed report of the Olive Ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (Barcelos et al. 2021), increases the number of sea turtle species' in the Azores to six , which means The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known commonly as the Pacific ridley sea turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Cheloniidae.The species is the second-smallest and most abundant of all sea turtles found in the world. L. olivacea is found in warm and tropical waters, primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, but also in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. |ljj| nzk| mni| xxb| odo| mmi| hvk| sqz| pei| nsh| ytw| vek| smq| nek| ibj| nap| orz| pcp| lex| cxv| ahp| adb| leb| mhw| hgh| kfn| wdr| hya| hnc| rwn| flb| tlh| hql| ulb| ktr| xsh| qen| orf| mbq| ddm| erm| vwk| yux| rop| zms| cqc| mal| ydr| zow| pez|