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 Caretta

Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caretta*	Rafinesque, 1814	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Testudo caretta*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: breshka 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: kаretа; Карета sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

French: caouanne; tortue Caouanne 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: unechte Karettschildkröte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

Japanese: アカウミガメ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

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

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

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

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

Slovenian: glavata kareta sources: Davorin Tome

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

Turkish: deniz kaplumbagasi; deniz kaplumbağası; iribasli deniz kamlumbagasi; iribaşlı deniz kaplumbağası sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Довгоголова морська черепаха; морська черепаха логгерхед sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: crwban môr pendew

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	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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	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.
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).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137205

Prof. Alain Dubois. Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/54fb5e70-acc6-4e15-b75a-eb910a4bf7e5