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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)
> nodosus (Species)
Images: Argonauta nodosus Lightfoot, 1786
Washed up on beach, near Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, NZ. D. Houston
Collected in 1920's, Shoal Bay, Great Barrier Island, NZ (MA131292). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 1920's, Shoal Bay, Great Barrier Island, NZ (MA131292). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Alive, off Tutukaka, Northland, NZ. VetAroundTheWorld.com
Taxonomy
Family:
ARGONAUTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Argonautidae (Family)
> Argonauta (Genus)
> nodosus (Species)
Details: Argonauta nodosus Lightfoot, 1786
Size/Grows to:
Length 140mm, Width 105mm. with records over 240mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Also Australia. On sandy beaches
Notes:
Paper Nautilus, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M., Burch, K.W., Carson, K., Walton, K., Plaisted, J. Nov/2017 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 29 (p.14)
  • 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.90)
  • Mienis, H.K. Nov/1998 On the Authorship of Argonauta nodosa, Poirieria, 23 (p.14)
  • Oct/1981 Argonauta nodosa collected at Plimmerton, Cookia, 4(3) (p.23)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.445)
  • Douglas, W.N. Mar/1974 The Paper Nautilus, Argonauta nodosa Soalnder, 1786, Poirieria, 7(3) (p.67)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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