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Chelonia mydas agassizii (Bocourt, 1868) 
AphiaID: 223914

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Reptilia (Class) > Testudines (Order) > Cryptodira (Suborder) > Cheloniidae (Family) > Chelonia (Genus) > Chelonia mydas (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonymised
taxa		  Chelonia agassizii Bocourt, 1868
Source  from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Black Sea turtle (from synonym)  [details]
English Pacific green sea turtle  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Comores [details]
East Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Eritrea [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:223914
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-06-07 07:51:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-07-01 09:53:39Z  changed  Uetz, Peter
  
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  Citation: Uetz, P. (2013). Chelonia mydas agassizii (Bocourt, 1868). In: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2013) The Reptile Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=223914 on 2013-05-26
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