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WoRMS taxon details

Dermochelys Blainville, 1816

AphiaID

137070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137070)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843

Synonymised names

Sphargis Merrem, 1820 · unaccepted

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Species Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Environment

marine

Original description

Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153426
page(s): 259 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2024). The Reptile Database. Dermochelys Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137070 on 2024-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2005-12-27 19:49:34Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

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original description Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4153426
page(s): 259 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]