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Use of the Tentacles, Swimming and Buoyancy Control in the Pearly Nautilus

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BIDDER, A. Use of the Tentacles, Swimming and Buoyancy Control in the Pearly Nautilus. Nature 196, 451–454 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196451a0

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