Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Reptilia > Order Testudines > Suborder Cryptodira > Family Dermochelyidae > Genus Dermochelys

Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Testudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dermochelys*	Blainville, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Testudo coriacea*	Vandelli, 1761	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: breshka e detit lëkurore sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): havlærskilpadde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: kozhestа kostenurkа; Кожеста костенурка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: læderskildpadde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: lederschildpad sources: Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Beheerseenheid Mathematisch Model Noordzee en Schelde-estuarium: Oostende

English: leatherback; leatherback sea turtle; leatherback turtle; leathery turtle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;ITIS database;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Leatherback; Leatherback turtle; Leathery Turtle sources: Charles Hussey

French: tortue luth sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Lederschildkröte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Δερματοχελώνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): צב גלדי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: tartaruga liuto sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: kietaodis vėžlys sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: havlærskilpadde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: havlærskilpadde

Norwegian Nynorsk: havlêrskilpadde

Nynorsk (Norwegian): havlêrskilpadde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: żółw skórzasty sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: кожистая черепаха sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: usnjača sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: tortuga laud; tortuga laúd sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: havslädersköldpadda sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: deri sırtlı deniz kaplumbağası; deri sirtli kaplumbaga; deri sırtlı kaplumbağa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Черепаха шкіряста; Шкіряста черепаха sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crwban môr cefn-lledr

Literature

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
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Zug, G. R. 2009. Reptiles (Vertebrata: Reptilia) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1317–1320 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Katona, S.K., V. Rough and D.J. Richardson. 1983. A field guide to the whales, porpoises and seals of the Gulf of Maine and eastern Canada, Cape Cod to Newfoundland. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 255 p.
additional source	O'Boyle, R. 2001. Meeting on turtle by-catch in Canadian Atlantic fisheries, Hayes Boardroom, BIO, 20 March 2001. Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat 2001/17. 31 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, 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, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (287 publications)
GenBank (232 nucleotides; 127 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Uetz, P. (2014). Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761). In: Uetz, P. (ed.) (2014) The Reptile Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137209

Prof. Alain Dubois. Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=214782