Some Embryological Stages of the Marine Turtle, Chelonia Mydas


Sandra V. Rosales-Arcamo
Fisheries Resources Research Division
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Abstract

Different developmental stages, based on the number of days of embryological development of the green turtle Chelonia mydas, are described using morphological characters and some embryo measurements. Embryos examined were obtained from turtle eggs collected in Taganak Island of the Turtle Islands Group, Sulu Philippines.


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