IRMNG - Caretta Rafinesque, 1814

IRMNG taxon details

Caretta Rafinesque, 1814

IRMNG_ID

1324374 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1324374)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cheloniidae Bonaparte, 1832

Synonymised names

Eremonia Gray, 1873 · unaccepted

Halichelys Fitzinger, 1843 · unaccepted

Thalassiochelis Nardo, 1864 · unaccepted

Thallasochelys Barbour & Cole, 1906 · unaccepted

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Species Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta atra Merrem, 1820 accepted as Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta bissa Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caretta careta Tamayo, 1962 accepted as Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta cepedii Merrem, 1820 accepted as Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta esculenta Merrem, 1820 accepted as Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta gigas Deraniyagala, 1933? accepted as Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta nasuta Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta olivacea Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Species Caretta remivaga Hay, 1908 accepted as Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Species Caretta rostrata Girard, 1858 accepted as Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caretta squamata Swinhoe, 1863 accepted as Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caretta squamosa Girard, 1858 accepted as Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Caretta thunbergi Merrem, 1820 accepted as Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Caretta thunbergii Merrem, 1820 accepted as Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Specchio d. Sci., 2 (9)
page(s): 66 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Caretta Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1324374 on 2025-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Specchio d. Sci., 2 (9)
page(s): 66 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Uetz, 1995- [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Halichelys Fitzinger, 1843) Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae. Vindobonae: Braumüller und Seidel. 106 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23715
page(s): 30 [details]

original description (of Thalassiochelis Nardo, 1864) Atti Ist. Veneto, (3) 9, 1421,
page(s): 1422 [details]

original description (of Eremonia Gray, 1873) Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873
page(s): 408 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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