caretta caretta in a sentence
Examples
- While there are several turtle species at risk, the loggerhead sea turtle ( " Caretta caretta " ), which made the IUCU endangered animals list in 1996, and the leatherback sea turtle ( " Dermochelys coriacea " ) which has been experiencing a decline in numbers, are both still being hunted or killed due to human impact.
- The area is also the location of various fish species, as well as other marine vertebrates and invertebrates, frequented by cetaceans, such as the common bottlenose dolphin ( " Tursiops truncatus " ) and turtles, like the loggerhead sea turtle ( " Caretta caretta " ) ( species also covered under Annex II of the Habitats Directive within the European Union ).
- Three of the sea turtles that live within the Cape Byron Marine Park which are considered threatened under the Species Conservation Act 1995 are the loggerhead turtle " ( Caretta caretta ) " which is defined as endangered and the Green turtle " ( Chelonia mydas ) " and the leatherback turtle " ( Dermochelys coriacea ) " which are both defined as vulnerable.
- The giant leatherback sea turtle ( " Dermochelys coriacea " ), the hawksbill turtle ( " Eretmochelys imbricata " ), the loggerhead turtle ( " Caretta caretta " ), the olive ridley turtle ( " Lepidochelys olivacea " ) and the green sea turtle ( " Chelonia mydas " ) are marine species that either nest on the islands'beaches or frequent their coastal waters.
- Crustaceans are also conch predators, such as the blue crab " Callinectes sapidus ", the box crab " Calappa gallus ", the giant hermit crab " Petrochirus diogenes ", the spiny lobster " Panulirus argus " and others . and the porcupine fish " Diodon hystrix " ), loggerhead sea turtles ( " Caretta caretta " ) and humans also dine on the queen conch.