Name

Argonauta

argonaut

Framing

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Cephalopoda

Subclass: Coleoidea

Order: Octopoda

Genus: Argonauta

Habitat

Aquatic, marine. Pelagic, surface related

Feeding

Feed on solid things, macrophagous feeder, carnivorous

Distribution

A species in the Iberian Peninsula

Conservation status

In principle, there are no particular conservation problems.

Additional information

Octopus-like, but with an easily recognisable outer pseudoconch in the female. Very small males that can be found inside the shell of the female.