Argonauta hians Winged Argonaut, Paper Nautilus, Brown Paper Nautilus, Brown Argonaut

Argonauta hians is commonly referred to as Winged Argonaut, Paper Nautilus, Brown Paper Nautilus, Brown Argonaut. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

16514 

AphiaID:

215276 

Scientific:

Argonauta hians 

German:

Braunes Papierboot, Geflügeltes Papierboot 

English:

Winged Argonaut, Paper Nautilus, Brown Paper Nautilus, Brown Argonaut 

Category:

Blekkspruter  

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Argonautidae (Family) > Argonauta (Genus) > hians (Species) 

Initial determination:

[Lightfoot], 1786 

Occurrence:

Ghana, Guadeloupe, Hong Kong, Benin, Gambia, Barbados, Sudan, Cocos Island (Costa Rica), Davis Strait, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Anguilla, Anilao, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Central Pazific, China, Christmas Islands, Congo, cosmopolitan species, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Egypt, Gabon, Grenada, Guam, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Haiti, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Liberia, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Pacific Ocean, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Réunion , Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, South-Africa, Southwest Atlantic, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Bahamas, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Cayman Islands, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, The Ryukyu Islands, the Seychelles, Timor, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen 

Marine Zone:

Pelagial 

Sea depth:

0 - 1280 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water, Water column 

Size:

0" - 4.72" (0,6cm - 12,1cm) 

Temperature:

7,6 °F - 18,8 °F (7,6°C - 18,8°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Jellyfish, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Argonauta argo
  Großes Papierboot
• 
  Argonauta hians
  Braunes Papierboot, Geflügeltes Papierboot
• 
  Argonauta nodosus
  Papierboot
• Argonauta nouryi

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Argonauta sp.
  Papierboot

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-05-27 14:13:03 

Last edit:

2025-12-17 19:54:00 

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