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Dermochelys Blainville, 1816

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Testudines
family
Dermochelyidae
genus
Dermochelys

Name

Synonyms
Chelyra Rafinesque, 1832
Corindo DeKay, 1842
Coriudo Fleming, 1822
Dermatochelis Romer, 1956
Dermatochelys Agassiz, 1844
Dermatochelys Wagler, 1830
Dermocheles
Dermochelis Cuvier, 1829
Dermochelis Lesueur, 1829
Dermotochelys Battersby, 1959
Scytena Gray, 1844
Scytina Wagler, 1828
Scytine Romer, 1956
Seytina Romer, 1956
Seytinia Neave, 1940
Siphargis Risso, 1826
Sphargis Merrem, 1820
Sphragis Agassiz, 1846
Homonyms
Dermochelys Blainville, 1816
Common names
Dermochélyde in French
Dermochélyde in French
Havlærskilpadde in Norwegian Bokmål
Havslädersköldpadda in Swedish
Kožnatkovité in Slovak
Leatherback Sea Turtle in English
Leatherback Sea Turtle in English
Leatherback Sea Turtles in English
Leatherback Sea Turtles in English
Leatherback Sea Turtles in English
Leatherback sea turtle in English
Lederschildkröte in German
Lederscildpad in Dutch
Merinahkakilpikonna in Finnish
Penyu Belimbing in Indonesian
Tartaruga de Couro in Portuguese
Tartaruga liuto in Italian
Tortue Luth in French
Tortuga laúd in Spanish
aitomerinahkakilpikonnat in Finnish
galbarihcci in Northern Sami
kožatka in Czech
leatherback sea turtles in English
Кожистые черепахи in Russian
สกุล เต่ามะเฟือง in Thai
เต่ามะเฟือง in Thai
เต่ามะเฟือง ฯลฯ in Thai
オサガメ属 in Japanese
革龜屬 in Chinese
장수거북속 in Korean
galbarihcci in Northern Sami
leatherback sea turtles in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. Arnold, Burton & Ovenden (1978) A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe
  3. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  4. Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. [Prodrome of a new systematic distribution of the animal kingdom.]. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris.</em> 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124.
  5. CoL 2006
  6. Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
  7. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  8. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  9. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 92 Sixteen generic names of Pisces, Amphibia, and Reptilia placed in the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 3 (1926)
  10. Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
  11. Journ. de Phys., 83
  12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  13. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  14. Rhodin, van Dijk, Iverson & Shaffer (2010) Turtles of the World, 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status
  15. SN2000/Van der Land, 2001
  16. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363: 1-560.
  17. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.], 2021: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8. x + 472.
  18. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
  19. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  20. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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