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- Argonauta_nodosa abstract "Argonauta nodosa, also known as the knobby or knobbed 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 150 mm in length, although it can exceed 250 mm in exceptional specimens; the world record size is 292.0 mm. A. nodosa produces a very characteristic shell, which is covered in many small nodules on the ridges across the shell, hence the specific epithet nodosa and common name. These nodules are less obvious or even absent in juvenile females, especially those under 5 cm in length. All other argonaut species have smooth ridges across the shell walls.A. nodosa has a relatively wide distribution covering the Indo-Pacific region as well as the eastern coast of South America. The species is most common in southern Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. It is only known from the Southern Hemisphere.A. nodosa is thought to feed primarily on pelagic molluscs. Captive females have been observed readily taking dead prawns and fish. The species is preyed on by numerous predators. It has been reported in the stomach contents of Alepisaurus ferox from the south-western Pacific. A. nodosa has also been found in the stomach contents of Australian Fur Seals, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus, in the Bass Strait and southern Tasmania.Females grow to 100 mm ML and 300 mm total length, while males do not exceed 40 mm in length. The specialised webbed arm pair of this species is covered in numerous chromatophores. Mark Norman notes that "the colour of these webs can quickly change from maroon red to reflective silver".It has been reported that the egg clusters of A. nodosa from southern Australia can be clearly divided into three portions, each with eggs at a similar developmental stage. Similar development has been observed in the egg masses of Argonauta bottgeri.A. nodosa is occasionally involved in mass strandings along the South African and southern Australian coastlines. The strandings are seasonal and generally occur between April and August, towards the end of the animals' spawning season.The type specimen of A. nodosa was collected off the Cape of Good Hope. The type repository is unknown.".
- Argonauta_nodosa binomialAuthority John_Lightfoot_(biologist).
- Argonauta_nodosa class Cephalopod.
- Argonauta_nodosa family Argonautidae.
- Argonauta_nodosa genus Argonaut_(animal).
- Argonauta_nodosa kingdom Animal.
- Argonauta_nodosa order Octopus.
- Argonauta_nodosa phylum Mollusca.
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "(Kirk, 1885)".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "(Lamarck, 1822 in 1815-1822)".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "(Meuschen, 1787)".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "(Röding, 1798)".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "*?Argonauta oryzata".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "*Argonauta gracilis".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "*Argonauta tuberculata".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonym "*Argonauta tuberculosa".
- Argonauta_nodosa thumbnail Argonauta_nodosa_eggcase.png?width=300.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageLength "6512".
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageOutDegree "43".
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageRevisionID "634555102".
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Alepisaurus_ferox.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Fur_Seal.
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Bass_Strait.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Category:Animals_described_in_1786.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Cephalopod.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Common_name.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Mollusc.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Peter_Friedrich_Röding.
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Prawn.
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Predation.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Range_(biology).
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa.
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink South_America.
- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Hemisphere.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLink Tasmania.
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- Argonauta_nodosa wikiPageWikiLinkText "Argonauta nodosa".
- Argonauta_nodosa binomial "Argonauta nodosa".
- Argonauta_nodosa binomialAuthority "Lightfoot, 1786".
- Argonauta_nodosa classis "Cephalopoda".
- Argonauta_nodosa familia Argonautidae.
- Argonauta_nodosa genus "Argonauta".
- Argonauta_nodosa hasPhotoCollection Argonauta_nodosa.
- Argonauta_nodosa imageCaption "Eggcase of Argonauta nodosa".
- Argonauta_nodosa name "Knobby argonaut".
- Argonauta_nodosa ordo Octopoda.
- Argonauta_nodosa ordo Octopus.
- Argonauta_nodosa phylum "Mollusca".
- Argonauta_nodosa regnum "Animalia".
- Argonauta_nodosa species "A. nodosa".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonyms "(Kirk, 1885)".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonyms "(Lamarck, 1822 in 1815-1822) *Argonauta gracilis".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonyms "(Meuschen, 1787) *Argonauta tuberculata".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonyms "(Röding, 1798) *Argonauta tuberculosa".
- Argonauta_nodosa synonyms "*?Argonauta oryzata".
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- Argonauta_nodosa subject Category:Argonauta.
- Argonauta_nodosa hypernym Species.
- Argonauta_nodosa type Animal.
- Argonauta_nodosa type Article.