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A female argonaut is also described in Marianne Moore's poem "The Paper Nautilus". "Argonauta" is the name of a chapter in Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea. Paper nautiluses were caught in the novel The Swiss Family Robinson. [24] Argonauts gave their name to an Arabidopsis thaliana mutation and by extension to Argonaute proteins.
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for its formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit.
Argonauta hians, also known as the winged argonaut, muddy argonaut or brown paper nautilus, is a species of pelagic octopus. The common name comes from the grey to brown coloured shell. The Chinese name for this species translates as "grey sea-horse's nest". [2]
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. A. argo is thought to feed primarily on pelagic molluscs. The species is preyed on by numerous predators.
Argonauta nodosus [previously known as Argonauta nodosa [3] [4] [5]], 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).
A marine biologist documented her rescue of a rare paper nautilus, “one of the ocean’s weirdest animals,” as she helped the cephalopod find its way back into deeper waters.Australian marine ...
Argonauta nouryi, also known as Noury's 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).
Argonauta bottgeri, also known as Böttger's argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus belonging to the genus Argonauta.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).