sea turtle
superfamily of shelled marine reptiles
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Summary
sea turtle is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,539 views/month, #645 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: superfamily[3]
- Parent taxon: Cryptodira[4]
- Taxon name: Chelonioidea[5]
- Commons category: Chelonioidea[6]
- Start time: -110000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chelonioidea[8]
- Taxon common name: Sea Turtles[9], tortuga marina[10]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Amphibians and Reptiles[12], WikiProject Turtles[13]
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Identifiers
sea turtle's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 372234[14]. sea turtle's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 27791[15]. sea turtle's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1301584[16]. sea turtle's ITIS TSN is recorded as 948946[17].
Discovery and Description
Things named for sea turtle include haigui[18], in People's Republic of China[19].
Why It Matters
sea turtle has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]
Entities named for it include haigui[18], in People's Republic of China[19].