Caretta

Caretta est genus testudinum marinorum familiae Cheloniidarum, quae per orbem terrarum inveniuntur. Sola generis species est Caretta caretta. Adultae saepe fere 90 cm longae et 135 kg ponderis sunt, sed exempla maiora, 280 cm longa, 450 kg ponderis interdum reperiuntur. Pellis est fulva vel fusca, et testa rufa vel ferruginea. Nullae differentiae sexus externae videri possunt antequam adulta fit, cum mares adulti caudas crassiores et plastra breviora quam feminae habeant.

Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Reptilia
Subclassis : Anapsida
Ordo : Testudines
Superfamilia : Chelonioidea
Familia : Cheloniidae
Genus : Caretta
Rafinesque, 1814
Species : C. caretta

Caretta caretta
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Palaeontologia

Conservationis status

vu

Synonyma

Synonyma speciei:

Testudo nasicornis
Lacépède, 1788
Testudo caouana
Lacépède, 1788
Chelone caretta
Brongniart, 1805
Chelonia caouanna
Schweigger, 1812
Caretta nasuta
Rafinesque, 1814
Chelonia cavanna
Oken, 1816
Caretta atra
Merrem, 1820
Caretta cephalo
Merrem, 1820
Caretta nasicornis
Merrem, 1820
Chelonia caretta
Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1828
Testudo corianna
Gray, 1831
Chelonia pelasgorum
Valenciennes in Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833
Chelonia cephalo
Gray, 1829
Chelonia (Caretta) cephalo
Lesson in Bélanger, 1834
Chelonia caouanna
Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Chelonia (Thalassochelys) caouana
Fitzinger, 1836
Chelonia (Thalassochelys) atra
Fitzinger, 1836
Thalassochelys caretta
Bonaparte, 1838
Chelonia (Caouanna) cephalo
Cocteau in Cocteau & Bibron in Ramon de la Sagra, 1838
Halichelys atra
Fitzinger, 1843
Caounana caretta
Gray, 1844
Caouana elongata
Gray, 1844
Thalassochelys caouana
Agassiz, 1857
Thalassochelys corticata
Girard, 1858
Chelonia corticata
Strauch, 1862
Thalassochelys elongata
Strauch, 1862
Thalassochelys caouana
Nardo, 1864
Eremonia elongata
Gray, 1873
Caretta caretta
Stejneger, 1873
Thalassochelys cephalo
Barbour & Cole, 1906
Caretta caretta caretta
Mertens & Muller, 1928
Caretta gigas
Deraniyagala, 1933
Caretta caretta gigas
Deraniyagala, 1939
Caretta caretta tarapacana
Caldwell, 1962
Chelonia cahuano
Tamayo, 1962
Caretta careta
Tamayo, 1962

Synonyma generis:

?Pliochelys
Portis, 1890

?Proganosaurus
Portis, 1890

Territorium

Habitationes Carettae carettae

Notae recensere

↑ P. Casale & A. D. Tucker (2015), "Caretta caretta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Situs scientifici: • ITIS • NCBI • Biodiversity • IUCN Red List • WoRMS: Marine Species • Fossilworks • INPN France

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Carettam carettam spectant.

Vide "Carettam" apud Vicispecies.