Sea turtle genera are the genera of the marine turtles. The family Cheloniidae holds seven living species within five genera, among them Eretmochelys, Caretta, Chelonia and Lepidochelys, while the genus Dermochelys sits in its own family, the Dermochelyidae. Cheloniid sea turtles occur worldwide in all tropical oceans, are truly marine with females coming ashore only to nest, and range from 71 cm in the olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea, to 213 cm in the loggerhead, Caretta caretta. They have flippers instead of limbs, cannot retract the head into the shell, and are the only turtles whose front limbs are stronger than the back limbs.
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Animal Diversity Web: Cheloniidae
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The family Cheloniidae contains seven species within five genera.
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Cheloniidae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Cheloniidae
"canonicalName":"Eretmochelys","vernacularName":"Hawksbill Sea Turtles","authorship":"Fitzinger, 1843","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fitzinger, Leopold J. F. J. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Braumüller et Seidel, Vindobonae.: 1-106; i, .","numDescendants":18
Children of Cheloniidae: Caretta
"canonicalName":"Caretta","vernacularName":"loggerhead","authorship":"Rafinesque, 1814","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Rafinesque, C. S. (1814). Prodromo di erpetologica Sicilians. Specchio delle Scienze o giornale encidopedicodi Sicilia. 2(9): 65-67.","numDescendants":12
Children of Cheloniidae: Chelonia
"canonicalName":"Chelonia","vernacularName":"turtle","authorship":"Brongniart, 1800","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Brongniart, Alexandre. 1800. Essai d'une classification naturelle des reptiles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris, Série 7 2(36): 89-91.","numDescendants":9
Children of Cheloniidae: Lepidochelys
"canonicalName":"Lepidochelys","vernacularName":"Ridley sea turtle","authorship":"Fitzinger, 1843","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Fitzinger, L. (1843). Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus: Amblyglossae. Vindobonae: Braumüller und Seidel. 106 pp.","numDescendants":4
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Dermochelyidae
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"canonicalName":"Dermochelys","vernacularName":"Leatherback sea turtle","authorship":"Blainville, 1816","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1816). Prodrome d'une nouvelle distribution systématique du règne animal. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris. 1816: 105-112 [sic for 113-120] +121-124.","numDescendants":3
Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Wikipedia)
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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), loggerhead turtle or loggerhead, is a species of sea turtle distributed throughout the world.
Green Sea Turtle (Wikipedia)
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The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also known as the green turtle, black sea turtle, and Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae.
Wikipedia: Ridley sea turtle
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Ridley sea turtles are a genus (Lepidochelys) of sea turtle comprising two species: Kemp's ridley sea turtle and the olive ridley sea turtle.
Flatback Sea Turtle (Wikipedia)
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The Australian flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) is a species of sea turtle in the family Cheloniidae.
Hawksbill sea turtle, Wikipedia
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The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae.
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