| 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) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Argonautidae |
| Genus: | Argonauta |
| Species: | A. argo
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| Binomial name | |
| Argonauta argo | |
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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".[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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Norman, M. (2000). Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks. pp. 190–191.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda Archived December 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine