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Argonauta argo, Common Paper Nautilus
Leeds Museums & Galleries
United Kingdom
This beautiful object looks like a shell, but is actually the egg case of an Argonaut, a type of octopus. The female Argonaut secretes the egg case from special tentacles. She lays her eggs in it, and also shelters in it herself.
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- Title: Argonauta argo, Common Paper Nautilus
- Physical Dimensions: object height: 120mm, object depth: 50mm, object width: 180mm
- Subject Keywords: Mollusc
- Type: Mollusc
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