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- derived from the type genus, Diretmus, from Gr****, di meaning "two" and eretmos meaning "oar". They are found worldwide in deep waters, as deep as 2,000 m...
- Fitzinger derived the genus name Eretmochelys from the Ancient Gr**** roots eretmo and chelys, corresponding to "oar" and "turtle", respectively, in reference...
- hawksbill turtle's genus of Eretmochelys is derived from the Gr**** root eretmo, which roughly translates to oar. The turtle was so-named because of the...