25389
Species Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Autor de la combinación posterior:   Stejneger, 1904
 
Nombre común: Tortuga común o tortuga boba

Estatus Válido

Sinonimia:  
Caretta caretta tarapacana (Philippi)
Thalassochelys caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caouana caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Testudo caretta Linnaeus, 1758
Chelone caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chelonia caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Testudo marina Foskal, 1775
Testudo cephalo Schneider, 1783
Caretta cephalo (Schneider, 1783)
Chelonia cephalo (Schneider, 1783)
Thalassochelys cephalo (Schneider, 1783)
Thalassochelys caouana (Lacépède, 1788)
Thalassiochelis caouana (Lacépède, 1788)
Caretta nasicornis (Lacépède, 1788)
Caretta caouanna (Lacépède, 1788)
Testudo nasicornis Lacépède, 1788
Testudo caouana Lacépède, 1788
Chelonia caouanna (Lacépède, 1788)
Testudo caouana Daudin, 1802
Chelonia caouanna (Daudin, 1802)
Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, 1814
Chelonia cavanna Oken, 1816
Chelonia atra (Merrem, 1820)
Chelonia multiscutata Kuhl, 1820
Caretta atra Merrem, 1820
Halichelys atra (Merrem, 1820)
Testudo corianna Gray, 1831
Chelonia pelasgorum Valenciennes, 1835
Caouana elongata Gray, 1844
Eremonia elongata (Gray, 1844)
Thalassochelys elongata (Gray, 1844)
Thalassochelys corticata Girard, 1858
Caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933

Taxonomía
 
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
Classis Reptilia
Ordo Testudines
Subordo Cryptodyra
Infraordo Eucryptodira
Superfamilia Chelonioidea
Familia Cheloniidae
Genus Caretta
Species
Caretta caretta

Referencia original [Combinación]
 
Stejneger, L., 1904
The herpetology of Porto Rico
Annu. Rept. United States Natl. Mus. for 1902
Página de la descripción: 715  
 

Datos de distribución
 

Citas en bibliografía

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GRAMMENTZ D., 1991 Migrationen von Caretta caretta in Mittelmeer.
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HARRY, J.L. & BRISCOE, D.A., 1988 Multiple paternity in the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta).
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Iberfauna. 2008.   Species Caretta caretta. (Linnaeus, 1758). En: IBERFAUNA. El Banco de Datos de la Fauna Ibérica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). Enlace: http://iberfauna.mncn.csic.es/showficha.aspx?rank=T&idtax=25389
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