Caretta caretta
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Uetz, Peter
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137205 on 2026-08-24
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2018-09-21T16:00:23Z
replaces: 1457382
replaces: 1298345
replaces: 1456122
replaces: 1456123
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
family: Cheloniidae
genus: Caretta
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in year: 1758
order: Testudines
parent name usage ID: 137066
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: caretta
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted