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Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Dermochelys
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Dermochelys
Genus recognized by 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 RO, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Canada Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, France Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Kenya Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Norway Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Singapore Species List, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Timor Leste Species List, United Kingdom Species List, wikipedia ID, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, wikipedia EU, wikipedia CY, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy 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 Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Gulf of Tomini Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia ET, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia NN, wikipedia IS, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, 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
Dermochelys
Recognized by AnAge articles, Natural History Museum Species of the day, INBio, ReptileDB, Listed Species in Texas, Furui 2020, and EOL staff
Dermochelys Blainville 1816
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, World Register of Marine Species, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Dermochelys coriacea (Linnaeus 1766)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761))
Testudo coriacea Vandelli 1761
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Chelonias
Nomen oblitum according to Paleobiology Database
Chelyra
Nomen nudum according to Paleobiology Database
Chelyra
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Chelyra Rafinesque 1832
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Coriudo
Objective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Coriudo Fleming 1822
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Dermatochelys
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Dermatochelys Wagler 1830
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Dermochelis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Dermochelis Cuvier 1829
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Dermochelys
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Hone et al 2013, Wildfinder (WWF), Aruba Species List, Mozambique Species List, iNaturalist, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Flickr BHL, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group
Scytina
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Scytina Wagler 1828
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Sphargis
Subjective synonym according to Paleobiology Database
Sphargis Merrem 1820
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Common Names

English

Leatherback sea turtle preferred
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
leatherback sea turtles
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

オサガメ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Curated hierarchies for Dermochelys

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
Dermochelyidae
Dermochelys (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761)
Corsochelys
Mesodermochelys
Ocepechelon

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Testudines
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
Dermochelyidae
Dermochelys (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Dermochelys (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761)
Corsochelys
Mesodermochelys
Ocepechelon

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Dermochelys (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761)
Corsochelys
Mesodermochelys
Ocepechelon

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Dermochelyidae
Dermochelys Blainville 1816 (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761)
Arabemys Tong, Buffetaut, Thomas, Roger, Halawani, Memesh & Lebret 1999
Cosmochelys Andrews 1919
Eosphargis Lydekker 1889
Maorichelys Karl & Tichy 2007
Mesodermochelys Hirayama & Chitoku 1996
Natemys Wood, Johnson-Gove, Gaffney & Maley 1996
Psephophorus Meyer 1847
Turgaiscapha Averianov 2002

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
Dermochelyidae Fitzinger 1843
Dermochelys Blainville 1816 (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli 1761)

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
Dermochelyidae
Dermochelys (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea

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
Dermochelyidae
Dermochelys (this page)
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelyinae
Maorichelys
Ocepechelon
Sphargis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Testudines
Dermochelyidae
Dermochelys Blainville 1816 (this page)
Dermochelys
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