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

Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dermochelys*	Blainville, 1816	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Testudo coriacea*	Vandelli, 1761	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.

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;Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

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

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

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: 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	Katona, S. K.; Rough, V.; Richardson, D. J. (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. 1-255.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.
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).