Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: 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.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Testudines: family
Cheloniidae: genus
Caretta: species
Caretta caretta

Name

Synonyms: Caouana cephalo (Schneider, 1783); Caouana elongata Gray, 1844; Caretta atra Merrem, 1820; Caretta caretta caretta; Caretta caretta gigas (Deraniyagala, 1939); Caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933; Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, 1814; Cephalochelys oceanica Gray, 1873; Chelonia caouana (Bonnaterre, 1789); Chelonia caretta Dyce, 1861; Chelonia dubia Bleeker, 1889; Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl, 1820; Chelonia pelasgica Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833; Chelonia pelasgorum Bory, 1833; Chelonia pelasgorum Valenciennes, 1833; Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker, 1889; Halichelys atra Fitzinger, 1843; Testudo caouana Bonnaterre, 1789; Testudo caouana Lacépède, 1788; Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms: Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names: Avó-de-Aruanã in Portuguese; Avó-de-Aruanã in Portuguese; Cabeça-Grande in Portuguese; Cabeça-Grande in Portuguese; Cabeçuda in Portuguese; Cabeçuda in Portuguese; Caguama in Spanish; Caguama in Spanish; Careba-Amarela in Portuguese; Careba-Dura in Portuguese; Careba-Dura in Portuguese; Careba-amarela in Portuguese; Carebadura in Portuguese; Carebadura in Portuguese; Loggerhead in English; Loggerhead in English; Loggerhead in English; Loggerhead in English; Loggerhead (Sea) Turtle in English; Loggerhead (sea) Turtle in English; Loggerhead Sea Turtle in English; Loggerhead Sea Turtle in English; Loggerhead Seaturtle in English; Loggerhead Seaturtle in English; Loggerhead Turtle in English; Loggerhead Turtle in English; Loggerhead turtle in language.; Onechte karetschildpad in Dutch; Ta : leka : ya in language.; Tartaruga in Portuguese; Tartaruga care, Tartaruga mestiça in language.; Tartaruga caretta in Italian; Tartaruga comune in Italian; Tartaruga-Amarela in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Amarela in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Avó in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Avó in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Cabeçuda in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Cabeçuda in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Carei in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Carei in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Marinha-Comum in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Meio-Pente in Portuguese; Tartaruga-Mestiça in Portuguese; Tartaruga-careta in Portuguese; Tartatura-Meio-Pente in Portuguese; Tartauga-Mestiça in Portuguese; Tortue Caouanne in French; Tortue Caouanne in French; Tortue Caouanne in French

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