NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Testudinidae
  Superfamily - Testudinoidea
  Suborder - Cryptodira
  Order - Testudines
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Chelonoidis carbonaria
      Species - Chelonoidis chilensis
      Species - Chelonoidis denticulata
      Species - Chelonoidis nigra
      Species - Chelonoidis abingdonii
      Species - Chelonoidis becki
      Species - Chelonoidis chathamensis
      Species - Chelonoidis darwini
      Species - Chelonoidis duncanensis
      Species - Chelonoidis hoodensis
      Species - Chelonoidis phantastica
      Species - Chelonoidis porteri
      Species - Chelonoidis vicina
      Species - Chelonoidis donfaustoi