One species in Coral Reef is:
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One species in a coral reef is a sea turtle. There are 7 different types of sea turtles.
Leatherback:
Green Sea Turtle:
Loggerhead Sea Turtle:
Hawksbill Sea Turtle:
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle :
Leatherback:
- The largest sea turtlle
- 4-8 feet in length (1.2-2.4 meters)
- Smooth, leathery, flexible carapace (shell)
- No scutes (scales)
- Black in color with white, pink, and greyish spots
- Longitudinal ridges running the length of the carapace
- 500-2000 pounds (225-900 kg)
Green Sea Turtle:
- Largest of the hard-shelled sea turtles
- Up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length
- Carapace color ranges from olive brown to almost black
- 4 pairs of costal scutes
- A single pair of scales between the eyes (prefrontal scutes)
- Scutes do not overlap
- "Sunburst" pattern on scutes
- Up to 500 pounds (225 kg)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle:
- up to 4 feet (1.2 meters) in length
- named for it's massive head/jaws
- carapace (shell) is reddish-brown in color
- 5 pairs of costal scutes
- 2 pairs of prefrontal scutes
- carapace in slightly heart-shaped
- skin and plastron (belly) yellow in color
- scutes (scales) do not overlap
- 200-400 pounds (90-180 kg)
Hawksbill Sea Turtle:
- 2-3 feet (.5-1 meter) in length
- One of the smaller species
- Overlapping scutes (scales) on carapace (unique to this species)
- 4 pairs of costal scutes
- 2 pairs of prefrontal scutes
- Named for its narrow head and bird-like beak
- Brightly colored carapace (shell)
- 100-200 pounds (45-90 kg)
- Named for its pale green carapace (shell)
- 2 to 2.5 feet (~.6 meters) in length
- Slightly heart-shaped carapace
- 6 or more pairs of costal scutes
- 2 pairs of prefrontal scutes
- 75-100 pounds (34-45 kg)
- The most abundant species
Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle :
- The smallest species
- Up to 2 feet (.6 meters) in length
- Triangular shaped head and hooked beak
- 5 pairs of costal scutes
- 2 pairs of prefrontal scutes
- Olive-grey carapace (shell)
- Almost circular carapace is as wide, or wider as it is long
- The only species of sea turtle that nests primarily during the day
- 75-100 pounds (34-45 kg)
- Named for its flat carapace (shell)
- Up to 3 feet (.9 meters) in length
- Pale greyish-green carapace
- 4 pairs of costal scutes
- Single pair of prefrontal scutes
- Edges of carapace are distinctly upturned
- Up to 200 pounds (90 kg)
- Only found in waters around Northern Australia and Southern Indonesia