Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

NZOR Identifier: 8fc68b32-a5e2-4fb9-81d5-c8f0b7d64863

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id a8eccaef-9308-4450-a8c4-a0f20b1c46f1)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Amphibia
superorder
Salientia
order
Testudines
family
Cheloniidae
genus
Lepidochelys
species
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
Political Region
Geo Region
New Zealand
Biome
Terrestrial
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Indigenous

Scientific Name

Authority
Eschscholtz
Rank
species
Year
1829
Nomenclatural Comment
Terrestrial, Non-breeding, seasonal or vagrant marine visitors
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
Yes

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
a8eccaef-9308-4450-a8c4-a0f20b1c46f1
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Lepidochelys (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
c5279005-62e4-489a-b61d-6f8e6e37b1b6
According to
Compiled by Hitchmough, R.A.; Patterson, G.K.; Daugherty, C.H., King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, R.; Macadie, I. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, New Zealand living and recently extinct reptiles. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.
Preferred Name
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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