Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Order Testudines > Suborder Cryptodira > Superfamily Chelonioidea > Family Cheloniidae > Genus Chelonia

Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chelonia*	Brongniart, 1800	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Testudo mydas*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: breshka e gjelbërt e detit 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.

Bulgarian: zelenа morskа kostenurkа; Зелена морска костенурка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: groene zeeschildpad; soepschildpad

English: green sea turtle; green turtle sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: tortue franche; tortue verte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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: Suppenschildkröte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

Slovenian: orjaška črepaha sources: Davorin Tome

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

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

Ukrainian: Зелена черепаха; Черепаха морська зелена sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crwban môr gwyrdd

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	Van Beneden, P.-J. (1859). La tortue franche (Chelonia midas) dans la mer du Nord, ses commensaux et ses parasites. Bull. Acad. Roy. des Sci., Lettr. et B.-Arts, Sér. 2 6: 71-87, pls. 1,2
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	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).