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World's Rarest Marine Creature Spotted After 30-Year Absence - by Hana Carter, Nature Notes/ News/ Earth/ The Telegraph/ telegraph.co.uk
"The Allonautilus scrobiculatus has inhabited the earth for 500 million years and has only been seen twice, until now.
A rare species of nautilus, a marine mollusc, has been found by researchers for the first time in 31 years. It has been suggested that the Allonautilus scrobiculatus could be the rarest animal in the world.
The elusive creature is part of the nautilus family, relatives of squid and cuttlefish. They have inhabited the planet for 500 million years and survived two of largest mass extinctions, yet little is known about them.
This species was discovered in 1984 in Papua New Guinea by Peter Ward from the University of Washington. This summer, Prof Ward and his team filmed footage of it by using bait suspended between 150 and 400 metres below the surface..."
Palau Nautiluses Photo: Alamy
Richard
"The Allonautilus scrobiculatus has inhabited the earth for 500 million years and has only been seen twice, until now.
A rare species of nautilus, a marine mollusc, has been found by researchers for the first time in 31 years. It has been suggested that the Allonautilus scrobiculatus could be the rarest animal in the world.
The elusive creature is part of the nautilus family, relatives of squid and cuttlefish. They have inhabited the planet for 500 million years and survived two of largest mass extinctions, yet little is known about them.
This species was discovered in 1984 in Papua New Guinea by Peter Ward from the University of Washington. This summer, Prof Ward and his team filmed footage of it by using bait suspended between 150 and 400 metres below the surface..."
Palau Nautiluses Photo: Alamy
Richard