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Caretta caretta
(Linnaeus, 1758)
- loggerhead sea turtle
(reptile)
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Entity:
Caretta (Genus)
..Caretta caretta (Species) - loggerhead sea turtle
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 197-198.
Original rank
:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Caretta
(Genus)
Rafinesque, 1814
Ref:
P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016
: 16 Aug 2016.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Caretta caretta caretta
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Former rank
:
Caretta caretta caretta
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Ref:
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014
: 341.
Combinations
Basionym
:
Testudo caretta
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
Species 2000, 2003
Synonyms
Junior subjective synonym
:
Caretta caretta gigas
Deraniyagala, 1933
Ref:
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014
: 341.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
onechte karetschildpad
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
:
dikkopschildpad
Ref:
V. Laňka & Z. Vít, 1992 (1985)
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
loggerhead sea turtle
Ref:
P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014
: 341.
:
loggerhead turtle
Ref:
1991.
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