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WoRMS taxon details
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
AphiaID: 137209
AphiaID: 137209
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cryptodira (Suborder) > Dermochelyidae (Family) > Dermochelys (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Dermochelys Blainville, 1816 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Katona, S.K., V. Rough and D.J. Richardson. 1983. A field guide to the whales, porpoises and seals of the Gulf of Maine and eastern Canada, Cape Cod to Newfoundland. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 255 p. [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: 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: Hitchmough, R. (2009). Reptilia (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa | Subspecies Dermochelys coriacea schlegelii (Garman, 1884) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Middelkerke [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Reptile Database To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes) To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Found in all oceans except the Antarctic, is a regular summer visitor to waters around Cape Cod, the Gulf of Maine, and Nova Scotia. [details] Distribution: cosmopolitan warm water [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Uetz, P. (2009). Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137209 on 2010-09-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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