Loggerhead sea turtle nest with eggs visible
Description:
Category hierarchy: Animals | Reproduction | Courtship & Mating
Description: Beach erosion by a tropical storm produced the cliff-like escarpment seen in this image and accidentally exposed about 8% of the eggs in this loggerhead sea turtle nest. The protective stakes mark a nest from an earlier week as part of a county research program that marks and records every eighth nest.
Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTI
Capture details: Lens: Canon zoom lense EF 75-300 mm
Original date: 20080823
Locality: Latitude: 2.769480000000000e+001; Longitude: -8.054380000000001e+001
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
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- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-finned fishes)
- Tetrapoda (terrestrial vertebrates)
- Amniota (amniotes)
- Reptilia (Reptiles)
- Diapsida (diapsid)
- Testudinata (turtles)
- Cryptodira
- Cheloniidae (sea turtles)
- Caretta
- Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Turtle)
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