Photo: Female Argonaut Octopus with damaged shell (egg case) and with eggs. -- Bernd Hofmann (Wiki common license)
Following on from our last blog post on Octopuses is this amazing creature, the Argonaut.
Argonauts, or Paper Nautilus, are a type of pelagic or open ocean Octopus that are found in tropical and sub-tropical waters. Unlike most other Octopuses they live close to the surface rather than on the seabed.
The Argonaut has a shell that looks like a Nautilus even though they are only distantly related. What looks like a shell is actually a paper thin egg case made by the female to protect her eggs.
The females are far larger than the males being 8 times larger and about 600 times heavier than the males.
The Argonaut has a lifespan of around a year and live on mollusks, crustaceans and Jellyfish.
For more information on these incredible creatures please check out the following links:
blog.nature.org/2021/05/24/meet-the-argonaut-the-worlds-weirdest-octopus/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEGpg3DTDZw
By Brendon Crook
Following on from our last blog post on Octopuses is this amazing creature, the Argonaut.
Argonauts, or Paper Nautilus, are a type of pelagic or open ocean Octopus that are found in tropical and sub-tropical waters. Unlike most other Octopuses they live close to the surface rather than on the seabed.
The Argonaut has a shell that looks like a Nautilus even though they are only distantly related. What looks like a shell is actually a paper thin egg case made by the female to protect her eggs.
The females are far larger than the males being 8 times larger and about 600 times heavier than the males.
The Argonaut has a lifespan of around a year and live on mollusks, crustaceans and Jellyfish.
For more information on these incredible creatures please check out the following links:
blog.nature.org/2021/05/24/meet-the-argonaut-the-worlds-weirdest-octopus/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEGpg3DTDZw
By Brendon Crook
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