Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

NZOR Identifier: aab5c47a-811c-4d01-8f2b-e6bad9de7ae6

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id ba053c5c-6a9c-4ffd-9daf-f72389acdaee)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Amphibia
superorder
Salientia
order
Testudines
family
Cheloniidae
genus
Chelonia
species
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Providers

Biostatus

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

Scientific Name

Authority
Linnaeus
Rank
species
Year
1758
Nomenclatural Comment
Terrestrial, Non-breeding, seasonal or vagrant marine visitors
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
Yes

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
ba053c5c-6a9c-4ffd-9daf-f72389acdaee
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Chelonia (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
613a9b35-bd1c-4d40-b674-5116c0fad556
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
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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