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Taxonomy
Family:
ARGONAUTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Argonautidae (Family)
> Argonauta (Genus)
> argo (Species)
Images: Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Washed up occasionally on sandy beaches
Taxonomy
Family:
ARGONAUTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Argonautidae (Family)
> Argonauta (Genus)
> argo (Species)
Details: Argonauta argo Linnaeus, 1758
Size/Grows to:
Length 200mm, Width 160mm
Distribution:
Worldwide. Northern part of North Island, Northland to Mahia, and down to Waikanae. On sandy beaches
Geographical Range:
KAC
Notes:
Paper Nautilus, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.18)
  • Woods, K. Nov/2002 Argonaut, Cookia, 13 (p.55)
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.87)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.444)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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