| Nautilus belauensis | |
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| Nautilus belauensis in Palau | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Family: | Nautilidae |
| Genus: | Nautilus |
| Species: | N. belauensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nautilus belauensis Saunders, 1981
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The Palau nautilus (Nautilus belauensis) is a nautiloid mainly found off of Palau in the Western Carolines.[2] It can be found on fore reef slopes,[3] at depths of 95m-504m (311'-1,653'), though typically preferring a range of 150m-300m (492'-984'), where water temperatures stay around 16.6 °C (61.88°F) and do not go much lower than 9.4 °C (48.92°F).[4] N. belauensis are highly mobile, epibenthic scavengers and opportunistic predators which rely mostly on scent for finding food.[4] They are active both diurnally and nocturnally within their preferred depth ranges,[4] although most shallow-water incursions are, generally, nocturnal events that coincide with greatly diminished fish activities.[4]
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Saunders, W. Bruce (1981). "A New Species of Nautilus from Palau". The Veliger. 24 (1): 1–7.
- ^ Saunders, W. Bruce (1983). "Natural Rates of Growth and Longevity of Nautilus belauensis". Paleobiology. 9 (3): 280–288. doi:10.1017/s0094837300007697.
- ^ a b c d Saunders, W. Bruce (1984). "The Role and Status of Nautilus in its Natural Habitat: Evidence from Deep-Water Remote Camera Photosequences". Paleobiology. 10 (4): 469–486. doi:10.1017/s0094837300008472.