Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp. (1758).

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
Testudines: family
Cheloniidae: genus
Chelonia: species
Chelonia mydas

Name

Synonyms: Caretta cepedii Merrem, 1820; Caretta esculenta Merrem, 1820; Caretta spec Merrem, 1820; Caretta thunbergi Merrem, 1820; Chelone mydas Boulenger, 1889; Chelonia agassizi Bocourt, 1868; Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868; Chelonia agassizzii Lehr, 2002; Chelonia albiventer Nardo, 1864; Chelonia bicarinata Lesson, 1834; Chelonia castanea Eschscholtz, 1829; Chelonia formosa Girard, 1858; Chelonia grisea Eschscholtz, 1829; Chelonia japonica; Chelonia lachrymata Cuvier, 1829; Chelonia lata Philippi, 1887; Chelonia maculosa Cuvier, 1829; Chelonia marmorata Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Chelonia mydas Gray, 1831; Chelonia mydas agassizi Bocourt, 1868
Homonyms: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758); Chelonia mydas Gray, 1831
Common names: Aruanã in Portuguese; Black Sea Turtle in language.; Depeia in Portuguese; Falso-Carei in Portuguese; Green Sea Turtle in English; Green turtle in English; Jereba in Portuguese; Schwarze Suppenschildkröte in language.; Suppenschildkröte in German; Suppenschildkröte in German; Suçuarana in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Apedrês in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Marinha in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Marinha-Comum in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Pedrês in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Verde in Portuguese; Tartaruga-de-Sopa in Portuguese; Tartaruga-do-Mar in Portuguese; Tortue franche in French; Tortue verte in French; Tortuga Blanca de Mar in Spanish; Tortuga verde in Spanish; Tortuga-marina verde-del Atlántico in Spanish; Uruanã in Portuguese; common green sea turtle in English; green turtle in English; green turtle in English; soepschildpad in Dutch; zelena želva in Croatian; 綠蠵龜 in Chinese; 绿海龟 in Chinese; Green Turtle in English; Green Turtle in English; Green Turtle in English; Soepschildpad in Dutch; Soepschildpad in Dutch; Aruanã in Portuguese; Crwban Môr Gwyrdd in Welsh; Crwbanod Môr Gwyrdd in Welsh; Green Sea Turtle in English; Groene zeeschildpad in Dutch; Suppenschildkröte in German; Tartaruga Verde in Portuguese; Tortue comestible in French; Tortue franche in French; Tortue verte in French; Tortuga Blanca in Spanish; Tortuga Verde in Spanish; Tortuga blanku in language.; breshka e gjelbërt e detit in Albanian

Bibliographic References

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