Argonauta argo

Greater argonaut
Argonauta argo inside its shell
Illustration from I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (1896)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Argonautidae
Genus: Argonauta
Species:
A. argo
Binomial name
Argonauta argo
Synonyms
List
  • Argonauta papyracea
    Röding, 1798
  • Argonauta grandiformis
    Perry, 1811
  • ?Argonauta striata
    Perry, 1811
  • Ocythoe antiquorum
    Leach, 1817
  • Trichocephalus acetabularis
    Chiaie, 1827 in 1823-1831
  • ?Todarus argo nom. nud.
    Rafinesque, 1840
  • Argonauta minor
    Risso, 1854
  • Argonauta naviformis
    Conrad, 1854
  • Argonauta papyria
    Conrad, 1854
  • ?Argonauta argo f. agglutinans
    Von Martens, 1867
  • ?Argonauta argo f. aurita
    Von Martens, 1867
  • ?Argonauta argo f. mutica
    Von Martens, 1867
  • ?Argonauta argo f. obtusangula
    Von Martens, 1867
  • Argonauta bulleri
    Kirk, 1886
  • ?Argonauta argo var. americana
    Dall, 1889
  • Argonauta cygnus
    Monterosato, 1889
  • Argonauta ferussaci
    Monterosato, 1914
  • Argonauta argo mediterranea
    Monterosato, 1914
  • ?Argonauta monterosatoi
    Coen in Monterosato, 1914
  • ?Argonauta monterosatoi
    Coen, 1914
  • ?Argonauta monterosatoi
    Coen, 1915
  • Argonauta sebae
    Valenciennes in Monterosato, 1914

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]

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]

  1. ^ Allcock, L. (2014). "Argonauta argo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T163080A969616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163080A969616.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Norman, M. (2000). Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks. pp. 190–191.
  3. ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda Archived December 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

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