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Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) 
AphiaID: 137207

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cryptodira (Suborder) > Cheloniidae (Family) > Eretmochelys (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
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: 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Bulgarian bisа  [details]
Bulgarian Биса  [details]
Dutch karetschildpad  [details]
English hawksbill turtle  [details]
French caret  [details]
French tortue caret  [details]
French tortue imbriquée  [details]
German echte Karettschildkröte  [details]
Italian tartaruga embricata  [details]
Italian tartaruga embricata  [details]
Lithuanian bisa  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κεραμοχελώνα  [details]
Polish żółw szylkretowy  [details]
Russian бисса  [details]
Slovenian prava kareta  [details]
Spanish tortuga carey  [details]
Spanish tortuga de carey  [details]
Turkish şahin gagalı kaplumbağa  [details]
Ukrainian Біса  [details]
Ukrainian Бісса  [details]
Ukrainian Карета справжня  [details]
Ukrainian справжня каретта  [details]
Welsh crwban môr gwalchbig  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Eretmochelys imbricata bissa (Ruppell, 1835)
Subspecies Eretmochelys imbricata imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Bodo [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Funzi Island [details]
Gazi Bay [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [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]
Links Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (54 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (265 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To PESI
To Reptile Database
To ITIS
Note  Distribution: cosmopolitan warm water [details]
Images 
Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata
added on 2012-10-27 - author: Pillon, R. ()
qualitystatus: checked by Uetz, Peter on 2013-06-02 15:34:36

Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata
added on 2012-10-27 - author: Pillon, R. ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mortimer, Jeanne on 2013-06-07 07:53:39

Eretmochelys imbricata: detail of the nails
Eretmochelys imbricata: detail of the nails
added on 2012-10-27 - author: Pillon, R. ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mortimer, Jeanne on 2013-06-07 07:55:29

Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata
added on 2012-10-27 - author: Pillon, R. ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mortimer, Jeanne on 2013-06-07 08:02:52

Eretmochelys imbricata: detail of muzzle
Eretmochelys imbricata: detail of muzzle
added on 2012-10-27 - author: Pillon, R. ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mortimer, Jeanne on 2013-06-07 08:03:26
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137207
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-06-30 06:57:17Z  changed  Uetz, Peter
  
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  Citation: Uetz, P. (2013). Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766). 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=137207 on 2013-06-20
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