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Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843 
AphiaID: 137068

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cryptodira (Suborder) > Cheloniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Genus
Parent Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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 Species Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137068
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2005-12-27 19:49:34Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843. In: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2013) The Reptile Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137068 on 2013-05-22
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