Caretta caretta

loggerhead turtle

taxon 8467

Also known as: Testudo caretta

Indigenous / local names

Karetseeskilpad (af) Wikidata ↗
Grootkopseeskilpad (afr) GBIF ↗
Karetseeskilpad (afr) GBIF ↗
Fano apombo (mlg) GBIF ↗

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Sequence records

genome (fasta)

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First synced: 8/26/2026 · Last updated: 8/26/2026

Source: NCBI GCA_965117115.1 · View at source ↗

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Collection: · Sex: female

Sequencing: OXFORD_NANOPORE · Flye · 23x coverage

publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-267

GoaT: Chromosome assembly · 2.13 Gb · scaffold N50 130,956,235 · 28 chromosomes · View at source ↗

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transcriptome (fasta)

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First synced: 8/26/2026 · Last updated: 8/26/2026

Source: NCBI XM_048834053.2 · View at source ↗

publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-577

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AlphaFold DB proteome: UP000134884 ↗

Proteomics (external sources)

PRIDE — project-level reference (metadata only; no per-protein identifications are available via PRIDE's public API)

Palaeoproteomics (COL1) of Chelonia mydas and Caretta caretta (PXD036592) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-137

Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) TMT-based plasma proteomics (PXD029569) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-138

Metabolic Profiles (external sources)

KEGG: KEGG genome-based metabolic profile (ccay) (View at source ↗) — Genome-based pathway inference (KEGG) — reflects which metabolic pathways this species' annotated genes place it in, not experimentally measured metabolite presenceAFDSI-METABPROF-99

Geographic range (Africa)

4,115 real GBIF-recorded occurrences across Africa — see this species on GBIF ↗.

This reflects real occurrence records submitted to GBIF, not a comprehensive range map — sampling effort varies significantly by country and region, so an absence here doesn't mean the species isn't present.