Nautilus belauensis: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the nautilus belauensis lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nautilus belauensis
Group	Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Cephalopod
Order	Nautilida
Family	Nautilidae

Where does the nautilus belauensis live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the nautilus belauensis in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Palau

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the nautilus belauensis?

The nautilus belauensis (Nautilus belauensis) is a cephalopod in the order Nautilida and the family Nautilidae, genus Nautilus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the nautilus belauensis

The Palau nautilus (Nautilus belauensis) is a nautiloid mainly found off of Palau in the Western Carolines. It can be found on fore reef slopes, at depths of 95-504 m (311-1,653'), though typically preferring a range of 150-300 m (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). N. belauensis are highly mobile, epibenthic scavengers and opportunistic predators which rely mostly on scent for finding food. They are active both diurnally and nocturnally within their preferred depth ranges, although most shallow-water incursions are, generally, nocturnal events that coincide with greatly diminished fish activities.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nautilus belauensis (revision 1369873563), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2189197 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).