Knowledge

Argonauta pacifica

Source 📝

510: 52: 31: 637: 702: 583: 225:). The shell is usually approximately 150 mm in length, although it can exceed 200 mm in exceptional specimens; the world record size is 220.0 mm. 557: 596: 262:
The taxonomic status of this species questionable. Further research is needed to determine whether it is a valid species or a synonym of another
707: 678: 307: 390: 349: 282: 509: 221:, creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell (hence the name 601: 671: 51: 383: 712: 525: 664: 146: 498: 491: 470: 255: 697: 614: 477: 463: 421: 376: 240: 171: 46: 332: 588: 428: 400: 249: 218: 123: 449: 442: 353: 286: 484: 435: 232: 648: 414: 222: 691: 270: 113: 30: 609: 570: 548: 278: 162: 93: 63: 321: 542: 360: 83: 644: 636: 562: 214: 211: 207: 103: 575: 236: 73: 519: 368: 311:(4th ed.). Snail's Pace Productions and ConchBooks. p. 12. 263: 523: 372: 243:. For this reason, it is considered one of the rarest of the 333:
Taxa Associated with the Family Argonautidae Tryon, 1879.
652: 532: 235:, being confined to the waters surrounding western 672: 384: 8: 322:Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda 679: 665: 520: 391: 377: 369: 29: 20: 297: 217:. The female of the species, like all 703:Marine fauna of the Gulf of California 7: 633: 631: 308:Registry of World Record Size Shells 231:seems to have a relatively limited 283:National Museum of Natural History 14: 635: 508: 50: 277:was collected off the coast of 350:"CephBase: Argonauta pacifica" 1: 708:Cephalopods described in 1871 651:. You can help Knowledge by 643:This article related to the 729: 630: 41:eggcase, Baja California. 506: 409: 361:Information on the genus 177: 170: 152: 145: 47:Scientific classification 45: 37: 28: 23: 336:Tree of Life web project 281:and is deposited at the 239:, and in particular the 331:Sweeney, M. J. (2002). 305:Pisor, D. L. (2005). 247:species, along with 202:, also known as the 499:Argonauta tokunagai 492:Argonauta sismondai 471:Argonauta itoigawai 181:Argonauta pacifica 534:Argonauta pacifica 478:Argonauta joanneus 464:Argonauta absyrtus 457:Argonauta pacifica 422:Argonauta bottgeri 241:Gulf of California 199:Argonauta pacifica 156:Argonauta pacifica 39:Argonauta pacifica 16:Species of mollusc 660: 659: 625: 624: 526:Taxon identifiers 517: 516: 461:Extinct species: 429:Argonauta cornuta 195: 194: 189: 184: 24:Pacific argonaut 720: 681: 674: 667: 639: 632: 618: 617: 605: 604: 592: 591: 579: 578: 566: 565: 553: 552: 551: 521: 512: 450:Argonauta nouryi 443:Argonauta nodosa 393: 386: 379: 370: 357: 352:. Archived from 324: 319: 313: 312: 302: 287:Washington, D.C. 204:Pacific argonaut 187: 182: 158: 138:A. pacifica 55: 54: 33: 21: 728: 727: 723: 722: 721: 719: 718: 717: 688: 687: 686: 685: 628: 626: 621: 613: 608: 600: 595: 587: 582: 574: 569: 561: 556: 547: 546: 541: 528: 518: 513: 504: 485:Argonauta oweri 460: 436:Argonauta hians 405: 397: 348: 345: 328: 327: 320: 316: 304: 303: 299: 294: 186: 166: 160: 154: 141: 49: 17: 12: 11: 5: 726: 724: 716: 715: 710: 705: 700: 690: 689: 684: 683: 676: 669: 661: 658: 657: 640: 623: 622: 620: 619: 606: 593: 580: 567: 554: 538: 536: 530: 529: 524: 515: 514: 507: 505: 503: 502: 495: 488: 481: 474: 467: 453: 446: 439: 432: 425: 418: 415:Argonauta argo 410: 407: 406: 398: 396: 395: 388: 381: 373: 367: 366: 358: 356:on 2005-08-17. 344: 343:External links 341: 340: 339: 326: 325: 314: 296: 295: 293: 290: 223:paper nautilus 193: 192: 191: 190: 175: 174: 168: 167: 161: 150: 149: 143: 142: 135: 133: 129: 128: 121: 117: 116: 111: 107: 106: 101: 97: 96: 91: 87: 86: 81: 77: 76: 71: 67: 66: 61: 57: 56: 43: 42: 35: 34: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 725: 714: 713:Octopus stubs 711: 709: 706: 704: 701: 699: 696: 695: 693: 682: 677: 675: 670: 668: 663: 662: 656: 654: 650: 646: 641: 638: 634: 629: 616: 611: 607: 603: 598: 594: 590: 585: 581: 577: 572: 568: 564: 559: 555: 550: 544: 540: 539: 537: 535: 531: 527: 522: 511: 501: 500: 496: 494: 493: 489: 487: 486: 482: 480: 479: 475: 473: 472: 468: 466: 465: 459: 458: 454: 452: 451: 447: 445: 444: 440: 438: 437: 433: 431: 430: 426: 424: 423: 419: 417: 416: 412: 411: 408: 403: 402: 394: 389: 387: 382: 380: 375: 374: 371: 365: 364: 359: 355: 351: 347: 346: 342: 337: 334: 330: 329: 323: 318: 315: 310: 309: 301: 298: 291: 289: 288: 284: 280: 276: 272: 271:type specimen 267: 265: 260: 258: 257: 252: 251: 246: 242: 238: 234: 230: 226: 224: 220: 216: 213: 209: 205: 201: 200: 185: 179: 178: 176: 173: 169: 164: 159: 157: 151: 148: 147:Binomial name 144: 140: 139: 134: 131: 130: 127: 126: 122: 119: 118: 115: 112: 109: 108: 105: 102: 99: 98: 95: 92: 89: 88: 85: 82: 79: 78: 75: 72: 69: 68: 65: 62: 59: 58: 53: 48: 44: 40: 36: 32: 27: 22: 19: 653:expanding it 642: 627: 533: 497: 490: 483: 476: 469: 462: 456: 455: 448: 441: 434: 427: 420: 413: 399: 362: 354:the original 335: 317: 306: 300: 274: 268: 261: 254: 248: 244: 233:distribution 228: 227: 203: 198: 197: 196: 180: 155: 153: 137: 136: 124: 114:Argonautidae 38: 18: 610:SeaLifeBase 571:iNaturalist 275:A. pacifica 229:A. pacifica 94:Cephalopoda 692:Categories 292:References 279:California 250:A. cornuta 188:Dall, 1869 698:Argonauta 401:Argonauta 363:Argonauta 256:A. nouryi 245:Argonauta 219:argonauts 183:nom. nud. 132:Species: 125:Argonauta 70:Kingdom: 64:Eukaryota 589:11439093 549:Q1826671 543:Wikidata 172:Synonyms 110:Family: 104:Octopoda 84:Mollusca 80:Phylum: 74:Animalia 60:Domain: 645:octopus 563:5189613 404:species 215:octopus 212:pelagic 208:species 206:, is a 120:Genus: 100:Order: 90:Class: 602:557342 576:328453 237:Mexico 165:, 1871 647:is a 615:57411 584:IRMNG 264:taxon 649:stub 597:ITIS 558:GBIF 269:The 253:and 163:Dall 285:in 273:of 210:of 694:: 612:: 599:: 586:: 573:: 560:: 545:: 266:. 259:. 680:e 673:t 666:v 655:. 392:e 385:t 378:v 338:.

Index


Scientific classification
Edit this classification
Eukaryota
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda
Argonautidae
Argonauta
Binomial name
Dall
Synonyms
species
pelagic
octopus
argonauts
paper nautilus
distribution
Mexico
Gulf of California
A. cornuta
A. nouryi
taxon
type specimen
California
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, D.C.
Registry of World Record Size Shells
Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.