Argonautoidea Cantraine 1841

Natural history of Victoria. Dec. 6-10Melbourne,J.Ferres, government printer;1885-90.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5013519

Natural history of Victoria. Dec. 6-10Melbourne,J.Ferres, government printer;1885-90.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5013517

Argonauta hians, or the winged argonaut, also known as the muddy argonaut or brown paper nautilus, is a species of pelagic octopus. The common name comes from the grey to brown coloured shell.

This is not a seashell in the usual sense - it's a floating nursery for Argonauta eggs

This is not a seashell in the usual sense - it's a floating nursery for Argonauta eggs

North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia

North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia

North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia

North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia

North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia

Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=MolluscaClass=CephalopodaOrder=OctopodaFamily=ArgonautidaeGenus=ArgonautaSpecies=hiansBinomial name=Argonauta hians ID credit to Shadowshador(Flickr)Common name=Muddy Argonaut

North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia

Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=MolluscaClass=CephalopodaOrder=OctopodaFamily=ArgonautidaeGenus=ArgonautaSpecies=hiansBinomial name=Argonauta hians ID credit to Shadowshador(Flickr)Common name=Muddy Argonaut

Mollusques mediteraneens [!]Ge ACnes :Impr, des sourds-muets,1851.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33591496The Greater Argonaut creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus, looking like a Nautilus shell biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33591496