Penyu belimbing
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| Pengelasan saintifik
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Alam:
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Haiwan
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| Filum:
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Chordata
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| Kelas:
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Reptilia
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| Order:
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Testudines
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| Klad:
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Americhelydia
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| Keluarga:
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Dermochelyidae
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| Genus:
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Dermochelys
Blainville, 1816
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| Spesies:
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D. coriacea
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| Nama binomial
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Dermochelys coriacea
(Vandelli, 1761)
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| Sinonim
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- Testudo coriacea Vandellius, 1761
- Testudo coriaceous Pennant, 1769 (ex errore)
- Testudo arcuata Catesby, 1771
- Testudo lyra Lacépède, 1788
- Testudo marina Wilhelm, 1794
- Testudo tuberculata Pennant, 1801
- Chelone coriacea Brongniart, 1805
- Chelonia coriacea Oppel, 1811
- Testudo lutaria Rafinesque, 1814
- Dermochelys coriacea Blainville, 1816
- Sphargis mercurialis Merrem, 1820
- Coriudo coriacea Fleming, 1822
- Scytina coriacea Wagler, 1828
- Dermochelis atlantica LeSueur, 1829 (nomen nudum)
- Sphargis coriacea Gray, 1829
- Sphargis tuberculata Gravenhorst, 1829
- Dermatochelys coriacea Wagler, 1830
- Chelyra coriacca Rafinesque, 1832 (ex errore)
- Dermatochelys porcata Wagler, 1833
- Testudo coriacea marina Ranzano, 1834
- Dermochelys atlantica Duméril & Bibron, 1835
- Dermatochelys atlantica Fitzinger, 1835
- Dermochelydis tuberculata Alessandrini, 1838
- Sphargis coriacea var. schlegelii Garman, 1884
- Dermatochaelis coriacea Oliveira, 1896
- Sphargis angusta Philippi, 1899
- Dermochelys schlegelii Stejneger, 1907
- Dermatochelys angusta Quijada, 1916
- Dermochelys coriacea coriacea Gruvel, 1926
- Dendrochelys (Sphargis) coriacea Pierantoni, 1934
- Dermochelys coriacea schlegeli Mertens, Müller & Rust, 1934 (ex errore)
- Chelyra coriacea Bourret, 1941
- Seytina coriacea Bourret, 1941
- Sphargis schlegelii Bourret, 1941
- Dermochelys coriacea schlegelii Carr, 1952
- Dermochelys coriacea schlegelli Caldwell, 1962 (ex errore)
- Dermochelys schlegeli Barker, 1964
- Dermochelys coricea Das, 1985 (ex errore)
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Penyu belimbing (Dermochelys coriacea) ialah satu-satunya spesies penyu dari genus Dermochelys keluarga Dermochelyidae. Ia merupakan spesies penyu terbesar di dunia. panjang karapasnya boleh mencapai 2 meter dan beratnya mencecah 500 kilogram.
Penyu ini mendapat namanya daripada bentuk cangkerang karapasnya yang berjalur memanjang dan berbucu atau bersanding-sanding seakan-akan buah belimbing besi.