Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

NZOR Identifier: b334cc88-0ada-4f4e-bcfe-57f3228032ec

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id d7a0701b-c8f2-4128-b31e-a52373a7e6d8)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Amphibia
superorder
Salientia
order
Testudines
family
Dermochelyidae
genus
Dermochelys
species
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Providers

Biostatus

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

Scientific Name

Authority
Vandelli
Rank
species
Year
1761
Nomenclatural Comment
Terrestrial, Non-breeding, seasonal or vagrant marine visitors
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
Yes

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
d7a0701b-c8f2-4128-b31e-a52373a7e6d8
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Dermochelys (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
0c3bede9-fd17-4b91-8ef9-738af9c9d796
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
Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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