Argonauta argo
Species of cephalopod known as the greater argonaut / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Argonauta argo, also known as the greater argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus belonging to the genus Argonauta. The Chinese name for this species translates as "white sea-horse's nest".[2]
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Argonauta argo inside its shell | |
Illustration from I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (1896) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Argonautidae |
Genus: | Argonauta |
Species: | A. argo |
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Argonauta argo | |
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A. argo was the first argonaut species to be described and is consequently the type species of the genus. The type specimen of A. argo was collected in the Mediterranean Sea and is deposited at the Linnean Society of London.[3]