Nautilus vitiensis
| Nautilus vitiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Subclass: | Nautiloidea |
| Order: | Nautilida |
| Family: | Nautilidae |
| Genus: | Nautilus |
| Species: | N. vitiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nautilus vitiensis Barord et al., 2023
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Nautilus vitiensis is a species of nautilus native to the waters of Fiji. It was described as a separate species in 2023. An interesting discovery regarding this new species was revealed by the geographic component of this species taxonomy. This species, along with two other newly discovered species, exist in large (Larger than the Pre-discovered species) island groups separated by at least 200 km of deep water from other Nautilus populations. Other Nautilus species shells implode at depths greater than 800m, leading this discovery of three species to stand out from pre-existing Nautilus species.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Barord, Gregory J.; Combosch, David J.; Giribet, Gonzalo; Landman, Neil; Lemer, Sarah; Veloso, Job; Ward, Peter D. (2023-01-25). "Three new species of Nautilus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda) from the Coral Sea and South Pacific". ZooKeys (1143): 51–69. Bibcode:2023ZooK.1143...51B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1143.84427. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10209263. PMID 37250686.
- ^ Publishers, Pensoft. "Three new nautilus species described from the Coral Sea and South Pacific". phys.org. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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