Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)

NZOR Identifier: e2064654-8690-4a04-9211-9a4577c4a3d6

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id 8771f891-87d7-45bb-80c2-085473b66911)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Amphibia
superorder
Salientia
order
Testudines
family
Cheloniidae
genus
Caretta
species
Caretta caretta (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
8771f891-87d7-45bb-80c2-085473b66911
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Caretta (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
0cc1a839-1c24-468d-a6ec-333483821850
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
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) }

No subordinate taxa

No vernacular applications

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