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Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
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Published in
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

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004).
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
  4. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  5. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  6. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  9. Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
  10. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  11. Van Beneden, P.-J. (1859). La tortue franche (Chelonia midas) dans la mer du Nord, ses commensaux et ses parasites. Bull. Acad. Roy. des Sci., Lettr. et B.-Arts, Sér. 2 6: 71-87, pls. 1,2
  12. Zug, G. R. 2009. Reptiles (Vertebrata: Reptilia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1317–1320 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  13. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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