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WoRMS taxon details
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) AphiaID: 137206
| Status | | accepted |
Record status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Chelonia Brongniart, 1800 |
| 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: 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., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source: 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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Hitchmough, R. (2009). Reptilia (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]
additional source: 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. [details]
additional source: 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 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
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Vernacular Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Albanian |
breshka e gjelbërt e detit |
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Bulgarian |
zelenа morskа kostenurkа |
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Bulgarian |
Зелена морска костенурка |
[details] |
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Dutch |
groene zeeschildpad |
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Dutch |
soepschildpad |
[details] |
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English |
green turtle |
[details] |
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French |
tortue franche |
[details] |
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French |
tortue verte |
[details] |
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German |
Suppenschildkröte |
[details] |
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Hebrew |
צב-ים ירוק |
[details] |
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Italian |
tartaruga verde |
[details] |
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Lithuanian |
žaliasis vėžlys |
[details] |
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Modern Greek (1453-) |
Πράσινη θαλασσοχελώνα |
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Polish |
żółw jadalny |
[details] |
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Polish |
żółw zielony |
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Slovenian |
orjaška črepaha |
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Spanish |
tortuga verde |
[details] |
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Turkish |
yeşil deniz kaplumbağası |
[details] |
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Turkish |
yesil kaplumbaga |
[details] |
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Turkish |
yeşil kaplumbağa |
[details] |
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Ukrainian |
Зелена черепаха |
[details] |
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Ukrainian |
Черепаха морська зелена |
[details] |
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Welsh |
crwban môr gwyrdd |
[details] |
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Direct child taxa [show all] | | Subspecies Chelonia mydas agassizii (Bocourt, 1868)
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| Environment | | marine |
| Distribution | | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (not certain) [details]
Bodo [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Funzi Island [details]
Gazi Bay [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Msambweni Reef [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (not certain) [details]
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| Links | | Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (402 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (414973 nucleotides; 19303 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To Reptile Database
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Distribution: Distribution extends northward of the subprovince limit of Carolinian, Cape Hatteras through Florida [details]
Distribution: cosmopolitan warm water [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137206 |
Taxonomic Edit history | |
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| | | Citation: Uetz, P. (2013). Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=137206 on 2013-05-22 |
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