Nautilus belauensis Palau nautilus

Nautilus belauensis is commonly referred to as Palau nautilus. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

8785 

AphiaID:

342235 

Scientific:

Nautilus belauensis 

German:

Palau-Nautilus 

English:

Palau Nautilus 

Category:

Головоногие 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Nautilida (Order) > Nautilidae (Family) > Nautilus (Genus) > belauensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

Saunders, 1981 

Occurrence:

Caroline Island, Micronesia, Palau 

Sea depth:

8 - 450 Meter 

Size:

up to 8.9" (22.6 cm) 

Temperature:

62.6 °F - 77 °F (17°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Krill, Living Food, Mysis, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Appendix II ((commercial trade possible after a safety assessment by the exporting country)) 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Nautilus belauensis
  Palau-Nautilus
• 
  Nautilus macromphalus
  Perlboot
• 
  Nautilus pompilius
  Perlboot
• 
  Nautilus stenomphalus
  Perlboot

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Nautilus samoaensis
  Samoa Nautilus, Samoa Perlboot
• 
  Nautilus vanuatuensis
  Nautilus vanuatuensis, Vanuatu Perlboot
• 
  Nautilus vitiensis
  Fidschi Nautilus, Fidschi Perlboot

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-09-27 13:55:04 

Last edit:

2015-09-27 13:55:04 

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