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Florent's Guide To The
South Florida Reefs
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Category: Sea Turtles
Scientific Name: Dermochelys coriacea
Size: Up to 8 ft. (2.7 m)
Depth: 0-1000 ft. (0-305 m)
Distribution: Circumtropical
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Tetrapoda (Megaclass)
└Reptilia (Superclass)
└Testudines (Order)
└Chelonioidea (Superfamily)
└Dermochelyidae (Family)
└Dermochelys (Genus)
└D. coriacea (Species)
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