World Register of Deep-Sea species - Dermochelys Blainville, 1816

Deep-Sea taxon details

Dermochelys Blainville, 1816

AphiaID

137070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137070)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843

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Species Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Environment

marine

Original description

Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. [Prodrome of a new systematic distribution of the animal kingdom.]. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153426
page(s): 259 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Dermochelys Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137070 on 2026-04-28

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Dermochelys Blainville, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137070 on 2026-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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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original description Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. [Prodrome of a new systematic distribution of the animal kingdom.]. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153426
page(s): 259 [details]

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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	leatherback sea turtles	[details]

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