| Greater argonaut |
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| Argonauta argo inside its shell |
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| Illustration from I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (1896) |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Cephalopoda |
| Order: |
Octopoda |
| Family: |
Argonautidae |
| Genus: |
Argonauta |
| Species: |
A. argo |
| Binomial name |
Argonauta argo
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| Synonyms |
- 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
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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".
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.