#or the paper nautilus

[dailycephalopods]

a paper nautilus perhaps? 💕

Daily Cephalopod #204

[samimarkart]

argonaut!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A Paper Nautilus drifts on a piece of ocean debris at night, surrounded by heavy sediment.

Photo: Philippines

Photographer: Jialing Cai

Ocean Photographer of the Year

[gotellmama]

Stunning image of an Argonaut! This creature, also known as a paper nautilus, is actually a rare type of octopus! Found drifting in warm seas, female argonauts create delicate, translucent shells to protect their eggs, like nature’s own art piece. They use air bubbles to float and steer through the water.

Fun Fact: These octopus geniuses have been known to hitch rides on jellyfish for free ocean travel!

source fb/nat geo/andrew barnes 📷

[rapidpunches]

Enjoy these sea critters :)

[herpsandbirds]

Brown Paper Nautilus aka Winged Argonaut (Argonauta hians), riding a jellyfish, family Argonautidae, Anilao Janao Bay, Philippines

photograph by Dennis Corpuz

[meldrumart]

Various merms from over the years.

old and a little rough, but I still like em

[vinspixels]

Argonaut

[stomach-rental]

Watch your step!

Will and Louis belong to @peachnewt and her series, Getting in Deep.

[littledoughty]

The argonaut octopus is pelagic, and unusual in that it lives close to the ocean’s surface and that the females secrete a paper thin protective shell, which is unique to the genus.

[emmaklee]

paper nautilus

ph Jeffrey R. Farmer

[dailycephalopods]

Paper Nautilus? Those boys are lovely and I feel like they're SO underrated

Daily Cephalopod #6

These are Argonauts! (Also nicknamed The Paper Nautilus)

To spread some Argonaut love, here's some cool facts!

The females grow much larger than males (about 8 times larger) and they produce a thin eggcase, or their "shell"

Females can mate and reproduce multiple times in their life, while the males only mate once and die shortly after

The males mate by removing their hectocotyl arm, which is then stored in the females eggcase!

The hectocotylus is the modified tentacle on male cepholpods that is used for mating and it was first discovered on an argonaut! (although it was originally misidentified as a parasitic worm attached to the mantle of the female it was discovered on)

The nickname 'Paper Nautilus' is quite misleading, because Argonauts are actually octopuses!

Argonauts have often been observed floating with/on salps, jellyfish, plant debris, driftwood, and even other argonauts at all stages of life!

Argonauts do not reside near the sea floor, they tend to drift closer to the surface and are the only known pelagic octopus!

Like many other octopuses, they have ink, they can change color, and they have venom!

[ravene]

Chibi Danila WIP

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A female paper nautilus with egg case rides a small jellyfish, taken on a blackwater dive, Anilao, Philippines

Photographer: Renee Cappozzola

Ocean Photographer of the Year

[nauti-lass]

argonaut sona :3

[aeriona]

Simple Cover artwork for a biology document/project I’m writing to channel my concentrated autism into (For the good of mankind). Might replace it or greyscale it, but it’s fine for now.