IRMNG - Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843

IRMNG taxon details

Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843

IRMNG_ID

1026964 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1026964)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cheloniidae Bonaparte, 1832

Synonymised names

Erethmochelys Maldonado-Koerdell, 1953 · unaccepted

Eretmochelis Tschudi, 1846 · unaccepted

Eritmochelys Tschudi, 1846 · unaccepted

Herpysmostes Gistl, 1868 · unaccepted

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Species Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz, 1857 accepted as Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Eretmochelys squammata Duges, 1884 accepted as Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Eretmochelys squamosa Stejneger, 1907 accepted as Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1026964 on 2024-04-23

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 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]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/Uetz, 1995- [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]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Uetz, 1995- [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Eritmochelys Tschudi, 1846) Fauna Peru. (Herp.)
page(s): 22 [details]

original description (of Herpysmostes Gistl, 1868) Blicke Leben u. Natur
page(s): 145 [details]

original description (of Eretmochelis Tschudi, 1846) Fauna Peru. (Herp.)
page(s): 7 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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