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WoRMS taxon details

Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835)

AphiaID

1026091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1026091)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pelodiscus Fitzinger, 1835

Original name

Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann, 1835

Synonymised names

Amyda japonica Stejneger, 1907 · unaccepted

Amyda sinensis · unaccepted

Amyda tuberculata · uncertain

Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann, 1835 · unaccepted

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann, 1835) Wiegmann, A. F. A. (1834). In: Dr. F. J. F. Meyen: Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Siebente Abhandlung. Amphibien. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academia Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina (Halle) 17: 185-268 [1835]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Pelodiscus sinensis (Wiegmann, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026091 on 2025-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-08-04 08:46:15Z

created

Uetz, Peter

2019-09-16 06:11:02Z

changed

Uetz, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann, 1835) Wiegmann, A. F. A. (1834). In: Dr. F. J. F. Meyen: Beiträge zur Zoologie gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Siebente Abhandlung. Amphibien. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academia Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina (Halle) 17: 185-268 [1835]. [details]

basis of record Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database. , available online at http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]