Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Anapsida > Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > Cryptodira > Family: Cheloniidae > Genus: Caretta

Caretta caretta, Pelagic trip off of Cape Town, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]	Caretta caretta, Western Cape. [photo Rebelo T. ©, from SARCA Virtual Museum]

Publications

• Frick MG, Williams KL, Bolten AB, Bjorndal KA, Martins HR. 2009. Foraging ecology of oceanic-stage loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta. Endangered Species Research 9: 91-97.