Caretta caretta
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Caretta caretta
Translingual
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Cheloniidae – loggerhead sea turtle.
Synonyms
- (species): loggerhead, loggerhead turtle; for taxonomic synonyms see
Caretta caretta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hypernyms
- (species): Testudines - order; Cryptodira - suborder; Chelonioidea - superfamily; Cheloniidae - family; Carettinae - subfamily; Caretta - genus
Coordinate terms
- (species in Carettinae): Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's ridley sea turtle), Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle) - extant species; †Lepidochelys waikatoica - extinct species
References
Caretta caretta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Caretta caretta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Caretta caretta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Caretta caretta at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Caretta caretta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Caretta caretta at AnimalBase
- Caretta_caretta at Animal Diversity Web
- Caretta caretta at World Register of Marine Species
- Caretta caretta at Paleobiology Database
