URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85076059
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85076059#concept
Variants
- Chelonia olivacea
- Lepidochelys olivacea
- Olive loggerhead turtle
- Olive ridley sea turtle
- Pacific ridley turtle
- Ridley turtle, Olive
- Ridley turtle, Pacific
- Testudo mydas minor
Broader Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Lepidochelys olivacea
Sources
- found: Random House(ridley 2. Also called olive ridley, Pacific ridley, L. olivacea)
- found: Recovery plan for U.S. Pacific populations of the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), 1998:p. 5 (This species was originally described as Testudo mydas minor Suckow, 1798, later renamed Chelonia olivacea Fitzinger, 1843. The etymology of the English vernacular name "ridley" is unclear. Although the L. o. remivaga has been proposed the eastern Pacific populations, there are no currently accepted named subspecies.)
- found: AltaVista, July 7, 1998:EuroTurtle (Olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea)
LC Classification
- QL666.C536
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1998-08-10: revised
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