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rough-keeled argonaut

Argonauta nouryi

Classification

Argonauta nouryi, also known as Noury's argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus. The female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell (hence the name paper nautilus). The shell is usually approximately 80 mm in length, although it can exceed 90 mm in exceptional specimens; the world record size is 95.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 30United States of America · 1