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WoRMS taxon details
Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880)
AphiaID: 137208
AphiaID: 137208
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cryptodira (Suborder) > Cheloniidae (Family) > Lepidochelys (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Lepidochelys Fitzinger, 1843 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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, 1998 [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. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Caribbean Sea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] North Atlantic [details] North West Atlantic [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Reptile Database To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Scotian Shelf to the Gulf of Maine and to Cape Hatteras through Florida [details] Habitat: in warm water [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Uetz, P. (2009). Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137208 on 2010-02-09 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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