MolluscaBase name details
Argonauta nodosa [Lightfoot], 1786
225565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225565)
unaccepted (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
Species
Argonauta bibula Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Argonauta gondola Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Argonauta gracilis T. W. Kirk, 1885 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Argonauta navicula [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted
Argonauta oryzata Meuschen, 1787 · unaccepted
Argonauta rotundus Perry, 1811 · unaccepted
Argonauta tuberculatus Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Argonauta tuberculatus f. aurita E. von Martens, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Argonauta tuberculatus f. mutica E. von Martens, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Argonauta tuberculatus f. obtusangula E. von Martens, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Argonauta tuberculosus Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Ocythoe raricyathus Blainville, 1826 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 96, 172 [details]
page(s): 96, 172 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Argonauta nodosa [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225565 on 2025-09-10
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Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 96, 172 [details]
basis of record Finn J.K. (2013) Taxonomy and biology of the argonauts (Cephalopoda: Argonautidae) with particular reference to Australian material. <i>Molluscan Research</i> 33(3): 143-222. [details]
additional source Finn J.K. (2014). Family Argonautidae. pp. 228-237, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 234 [details]
additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425.
page(s): 409 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1920). Some large specimens of <i>Argonauta</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 33(3): 74-76, pl. 2, upper fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1744583
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
page(s): 96, 172 [details]
basis of record Finn J.K. (2013) Taxonomy and biology of the argonauts (Cephalopoda: Argonautidae) with particular reference to Australian material. <i>Molluscan Research</i> 33(3): 143-222. [details]
additional source Finn J.K. (2014). Family Argonautidae. pp. 228-237, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 234 [details]
additional source Braid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425.
page(s): 409 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1920). Some large specimens of <i>Argonauta</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 33(3): 74-76, pl. 2, upper fig., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1744583
page(s): 76 [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat epipelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Tuberculated Argonaut | [details] |
Unreviewed
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