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Argonauta nodosa
The "Shell" is actually the egg case of an Argonauta octopus.
Spotted on Sep 20, 2009
Submitted on Jul 17, 2011
9 Comments
that is amazing! very cool spotting, steve!
@ Leuba - very observant LOL!
@ argybee - when we were on Montague Island we saw quite a few. The animal was still in this one when we found it but had been dead for a while. Being a national park, we took the photo but left the shell.
Fantastic find Steve. You're a lucky man. I've searched for these in Bass Strait for decades to no avail yet others I know own several.
What amazing info too. Like you I have just found the full story and as usual it is far more interesting than I imagined.
Well done and thanks.
That's amazing -it's so like a nautilus shell in shape !
Very cool!
@Sheila - thanks. I admit I didn't know that it was an Octopus "shell" until later when I looked it up. Cheers, Steve.
omg!!!
an octopus egg shell???how kool is that!!
i have never seen or heard of!!
thanks!beautiful pic!! :)
Lovely
Beautiful!