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Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill turtle)
Taxonomy
Testudo imbricata was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant. It is the type species of Eretmochelys.
It was recombined as Eretmochelys imbricata by Fitzinger (1843), Cope (1875), Berry and Lynn (1936), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Eretmochelys imbricata by Fitzinger (1843), Cope (1875), Berry and Lynn (1936), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1766 | Testudo imbricata Linnaeus |
| 1829 | Chelonia radiata Cuvier |
| 1831 | Chelonia pseudocaretta Lesson |
| 1831 | Chelonia pseudomydas Lesson |
| 1835 | Caretta bissa Ruppell |
| 1843 | Eretmochelys imbricata Fitzinger |
| 1857 | Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz |
| 1858 | Caretta rostrata Girard |
| 1858 | Caretta squamosa Girard |
| 1873 | Onychochelys kraussi Gray |
| 1875 | Eretmochelys imbricata Cope p. 51 |
| 1936 | Eretmochelys imbricata Berry and Lynn p. 189 |
| 2014 | Eretmochelys imbricata van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Eretmochelys imbricata Rhodin et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Eretmochelys imbricata Linnaeus 1766 [hawksbill turtle]
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Invalid names: Caretta bissa Ruppell 1835 [synonym], Caretta rostrata Girard 1858 [synonym], Caretta squamosa Girard 1858 [synonym], Chelonia pseudocaretta Lesson 1831 [synonym], Chelonia pseudomydas Lesson 1831 [synonym], Chelonia radiata Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Eretmochelys squamata Agassiz 1857 [synonym], Onychochelys kraussi Gray 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||