Article 7
New record of live specimens of emperor nautilus, nautilus pompilius from the East Andaman Sea , Thai waters
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J. Nabhitabhata1*, K. Wongkamhaeng2
1 Excellence Centre for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
2 Marine and Coastal Resources Institute, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
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ABSTRACT. – Five live specimens of Nautilus pompilius Linnaeus, 1758 were collected from fish traps from the East Andaman Sea, East Indian Ocean. Their occurrence is a new record for the region and indicates the existence of a living population. The hypothesis of an ancestral dispersion route is proposed to be from the Philippines, the south of Bali and Sumatra along the Sunda-Java Trench into the East Andaman Sea where water conditions are favorable for this species.
