Argonauta argo Trusted
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Argonauta argo Trusted
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Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Argonauta argo Trusted
Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
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Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
Argonauta argo Trusted
Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
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Freshwater and Marine Image Bank
All four families of the Argonautoidea are pelagic although one (Alloposidae) is "associated" with the ocean floor. The families are primarily distinguished by an unusual means of copulation which involves transferring a detached hectocotylus from the male to the female. The clade includes gelatinous species as well as very muscular species.
An incirrate octopod ...
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Katja Schulz moved the classifications by OBIS depth range resource and DiscoverLife map resource from Octopus to Argonauta boettgeri Maltzan, 1881.
Katja Schulz moved the classifications by World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), OBIS depth range resource, BOLDS resource for species-level taxa, and BOLDS resource for higher-level taxa from Octopus to Macrotritopus.
Katja Schulz split the classifications by Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 to their own page.
Jeremy Rice added a link to "Argonaut larva with color-changing cells - YouTube" on "Argonauta".
Not sure of the species, but this is interesting.
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