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

Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eretmochelys*	Fitzinger, 1843	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: bisа; Биса sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: karetschildpad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: hawksbill turtle sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Hawksbill Turtle sources: Charles Hussey

French: caret; tortue caret; tortue imbriquée 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slovenian: prava kareta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Turkish: şahin gagalı kaplumbağa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Біса; Бісса; Карета справжня; справжня каретта sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crwban môr gwalchbig

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	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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (187 publications)
Barcode of Life (54 barcodes)
GenBank (265 nucleotides; 113 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Uetz, P. (2014). Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766). 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:137207