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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cheloniidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Cheloniidae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, INBio, ReptileDB, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Barbados Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bonaire Saint Eustatius and Saba Species List, Brazil Species List, Brunei Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Fiji Species List, France Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, Guam Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guyana Species List, Honduras Species List, India Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kiribati Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Palestine Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Qatar Species List, Reunion Species List, Samoa Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Seychelles Species List, Singapore Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Tonga Species List, Turkey Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Ceram Sea Species List- duplicate, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of Aden Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Suez Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Halmahera Sea Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Red Sea Species List, Savu Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Gulf of Oman Species List, Furui 2020, EOL staff, Animal Diversity Web, Ceram Sea Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United States Species List, and Wyneken 1996

Alternative Names

? antiqua Konig, 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? arkansaw Schmidt, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? atlantica Zangerl, 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? barberi Schmidt, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brachyceps Owen, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? breviceps Owen, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? browni Hay, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? camperi Gray, 1831
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? coahuilaensis Brinkman et al., 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? coatesi Weems, 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? convexa Owen, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? crassicostata Owen, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cuneiceps Owen, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? delabechei Bell, 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? grandaeva Leidy, 1851
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? grandaevus Leidy, 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gwinneri Wegner, 1917
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hutchisoni Lynch & Parham, 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? latiscutatus Owen, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? longiceps Owen, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? melii Misuri, 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ornatus Leidy, 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? procax Hay, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? repanda Cope, 1868
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ruhoffi Weems, 1988
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? stenoporus Hay, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? subcristata Owen, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? suyckerbuyki Ubaghs, 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? testei Bergounioux, 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? trigoniceps Owen, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? wielandi Hay, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cabindachelys Myers, Polcyn, Mateus, Vineyard, Gonçalves & Jacobs 2017
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Caouana Gray 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Carettidae Gray 1825
Cheloniadae Gray 1825
Chelonidae Oppel 1811
Cheloniidae Oppel 1811
Authority according to NCBI
Kurobechelys Shikama 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mydas Gray 1870
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Notochelys Owen 1882
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Typical sea turtles
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

سلاحف بحرية preferred
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Belarusian

марскія чарапахі preferred
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Bulgarian

морски костенурки preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

Quelònid preferred
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Chinese

海龜科 preferred
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Czech

karetovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

zeeschildpadden preferred
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Ewe

Ƒumeklo preferred
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Finnish

Merikilpikonnat preferred
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Galician

Quelónidos preferred
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German

Meeresschildkröten preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Χελωνίδες preferred

Hebrew

צבים ימיים preferred
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Hungarian

tengeriteknős-félék preferred
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Icelandic

Sæskjaldbökur preferred
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Italian

chelonidi preferred

Japanese

ウミガメ科 preferred

Kazakh

Теңіз тасбақалары preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Деңиз таш бакалары preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

바다거북과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Jūriniai vėžliai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
jūriniai vėžliai

Malagasy

Tano preferred
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Norwegian

havskilpadder preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
havskilpaddefamilien preferred

Persian

باخه‌ئیان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

żółwie morskie preferred

Russian

морские черепахи preferred

Spanish; Castilian

morske želve preferred

Swedish

Havssköldpaddor preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์เต่าทะเล preferred
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Turkish

kaplumbağalar preferred

Ukrainian

морські черепахи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Морські черепахи
Черепахи морські

Uzbek

Dengiz toshbaqalari preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Vích preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Wu

海龟科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سلاحف بحريه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bjn

Biyuku preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Nan

Hái-ku preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

سمندری کھچوپڑے preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

海龟科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

海龜科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

海龜科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Cheloniidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
56 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.