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Family: Argonautidae argonauts, paper nautileses



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7 species (see list below)
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Coudre, Christian

Circumglobal in tropical
Max. Length 72.6 cm TL
Argonauta argoLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Argonauta argo
[Greater argonaut]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific

Argonauta bottgeriMaltzan, 1881

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Argonauta bottgeri
[]
No picture found
 
Argonauta cornuta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 50 cm ML
 
Argonauta hians
[Winged argonaut]
No picture found

Max. Length 13 cm ML
 
Argonauta nodosus
[Knobbed argonaut]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.
Max. Length 17.4 cm TL
Argonauta nouryiLorois, 1852

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Argonauta nouryi
[Rough-keeled argonaut]
No picture found
 
Argonauta pacifica
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