Greater Argonaut

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phylum Mollusca Argonauta argo, also known as the greater 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. The Chinese name for this species translates as "white sea-horse's nest".

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class Cephalopoda
order Octopoda
family Argonautidae
species Argonauta argo