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Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)

137205  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137205)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137205 on 2025-04-02
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137205 on 2025-04-02
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2009-06-30 06:57:17Z
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2018-09-21 14:00:23Z
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original description (of Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 197 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley. 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (PeRMS) Quiñones, J.; Paredes, E.; Quispe, S.; Delgado, L. (2015). Tortugas marinas durante el 2010 en Pisco, Perú. Inf Inst Mar Perú. 42(4): 516-525. [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 O'Boyle, R. 2001. Meeting on turtle by-catch in Canadian Atlantic fisheries, Hayes Boardroom, BIO, 20 March 2001. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat 2001/17. 31 p. [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., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554. [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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
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 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

  • From regional or thematic species database
  • Kenya
  • (no group)
  • Unreviewed
  • Belgium
  • Federal Republic of Somalia
  • France
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Ireland
  • Kenya
  • Madagascar
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Mozambique
  • New Zealand
  • North Atlantic Ocean
  • Red Sea
  • (no group)
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    LanguageName 
    Albanian breshka e detit  [details]
    Bulgarian Каретаkаretа  [details]
    Danish uægte karette  [details]
    Dutch onechte karetschildpaddikkopschildpad  [details]
    English loggerhead turtleloggerhead sea turtleloggerheadlogerhead sea turtle  [details]
    French tortue Caouannecaouanne  [details]
    German unechte Karettschildkröte  [details]
    Hebrew צב-ים חום  [details]
    Italian tartaruga marina tartaruga comunetartaruga caretta  [details]
    Japanese アカウミガメ  [details]
    Lithuanian kareta  [details]
    Modern Greek (1453-) Καρέττα  [details]
    Norwegian glattkarett  [details]
    Norwegian Bokmål glattkarett  [details]
    Norwegian Nynorsk glattkarett  [details]
    Polish karetta  [details]
    Slovenian glavata kareta  [details]
    Spanish tortuga boba  [details]
    Turkish iribaşlı deniz kaplumbağasıiribasli deniz kamlumbagasideniz kaplumbağasıdeniz kaplumbagasi  [details]
    Ukrainian морська черепаха логгерхедДовгоголова морська черепаха  [details]
    Welsh crwban môr pendew  [details]
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