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Caretta

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Caretta
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Caretta
Genus recognized by Egypt Species List, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia NO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Canada Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Morocco Species List, New Zealand Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Portugal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Turkey Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AZ, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, wikipedia NN, wikipedia SL, NCBI, Gulf of Oman Species List, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, wikipedia gl Galician, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, CITES, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, GGBN data coverage, wikipedia BR, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Caretta
Recognized by AnAge articles, INBio, ReptileDB, One Species at a Time Podcasts, Listed Species in Texas, and Furui 2020
Caretta Rafinesque 1814
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Testudo caretta Linnaeus 1758
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Thalassochelys bellunensis Bergounioux 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thalassochelys eocaenica Lydekker 1889
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thalassochelys libyca Andrews 1901
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thalassochelys mutinensis Zavattari 1921
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thalassochelys phosphatica Stefano 1903
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thalassochelys testei (Bergounioux 1956)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Caretta Rafinesque, 1814)
Caouana Cocteau & Bibron 1838
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Caretta
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), GBIF national node type records UK, Aruba Species List, Mozambique Species List, NMNH type specimens, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Flickr BHL, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Caretta Rafinesque 1814
Authority according to NCBI
Eremonia Gray 1873
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Halichelys Fitzinger 1843
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Thalassochelys Fitzinger 1835
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

Japanese

アカウミガメ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Caretta

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Cheloniidae
Caretta (this page)
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Chelonia
Eretmochelys
Lepidochelys
Natator

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Testudines
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
Cheloniidae
Caretta (this page)
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Chelonia
Eretmochelys
Lepidochelys
Natator

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Caretta (this page)
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Chelonia
Eretmochelys
Lepidochelys
Natator

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Cheloniidae
Caretta (this page)
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Caretta eocaenica Lydekker 1889
Caretta libyca Andrews 1901
Caretta patriciae Zug 2001
Caretta phosphatica Stefano 1903
Caretta testei (Bergounioux 1956)
Allopleuron
Argillochelys
Ashleychelys
Chelonia
Ctenochelys
Dacochelys
Dollochelys
Eochelone
Eretmochelys
Gigantatypus
Itilochelys
Lembonax
Lepidochelys
Miocaretta
Natator
Osonachelus
Protosphargis
Puppigerus
Syllomus
Tasbacka
Zangerlchelys

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Caretta (this page)
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Chelonia
Eretmochelys
Lepidochelys
Natator

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Cheloniidae
Caretta Rafinesque 1814 (this page)
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Caretta eocaenica Lydekker 1889
Caretta libyca Andrews 1901
Caretta patriciae Zug 2001
Caretta phosphatica Stefano 1903
Caretta testei (Bergounioux 1956)
Allopleuron Baur 1888
Argillochelys Lydekker 1889
Ashleychelys Weems & Sanders 2014
Bryochelys
Catapleura Cope 1870
Chelonia Brongniart 1800
Chelyopsis Smets 1887
Corsochelys Zangerl 1960
Ctenochelys Zangerl 1953
Dacochelys Lydekker 1889
Dollochelys Zangerl 1971
Eochelone Dollo 1903
Eretmochelys Fitzinger 1843
Euclastes Cope 1867
Gigantatypus Kaddumi 2006
Glarichelys Zangerl 1958
Glaucochelone Dollo 1909
Glyptochelone Dollo 1909
Itilochelys Danilov, Averianov & Yarkov 2010
Lembonax Cope 1870
Lepidochelys Fitzinger 1843
Miocaretta Deraniyagala 1967
Natator Mc Culloch 1908
Osonachelus de Broin, Murelaga, Farrés & Altimiras 2014
Pacifichelys Parham & Pyenson 2010
Peritresius Cope 1870
Procolpochelys Hay 1908
Protosphargis Capellini 1884
Puppigerus Cope 1870
Rupelchelys Karl & Tichy 1999
Syllomus Cope 1896
Tasbacka Nessov 1987
Tomochelone Dollo 1909
Toxochelys Cope 1873
Zangerlchelys Hirayama 2006

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Testudines Batsch 1788
Cryptodira Cope 1868
Chelonioidea Oppel 1811
Cheloniidae Oppel 1811
Carettinae Gray 1825
Caretta Rafinesque 1814 (this page)
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758)
Eretmochelys Fitzinger 1843
Lepidochelys Fitzinger 1843

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Sauropsida
Sauria
Archelosauria
Testudines
Cryptodira
Durocryptodira
Americhelydia
Chelonioidea
Cheloniidae
Caretta (this page)
Caretta caretta
Chelonia
Cheloniidae intergeneric hybrids
Eretmochelys
Lepidochelys
Natator

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Amniota
Sauropsida
Reptilia
Testudinata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
Cheloniidae
Caretta (this page)
Caretta bissa
Caretta caretta
Caretta gigas
Caretta patriciae
Carettinae
Chelonia
Cheloniinae
Cimochelys
Eochelyinae
Eretmochelys
Halichelys
Lepidochelys
Lophochelyinae
Mexichelys
Natator
Thalassochelys
Trachyaspis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Testudines
Cheloniidae
Caretta Rafinesque 1814 (this page)
Caretta
Chelonia
Chelonia Brongniart 1800
Eretmochelys
Eretmochelys Fitzinger 1843
Halichelys Fitzinger 1843
Lepidochelys
Lepidochelys Fitzinger 1843
Natator
Natator
Thalassochelys Fitzinger 1835
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