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

Dermochelys Blainville, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: leatherback sea turtles

Literature

original description	Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. [Prodrome of a new systematic distribution of the animal kingdom.]. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Dermochelys Blainville, 1816. 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:137070

Prof. Alain Dubois. Dermochelys Blainville, 1816. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b98048f6-562e-47a0-9106-b9c84b08f23a