3 edition of Observations on the animals hitherto found in the shells of the genus Argonauta found in the catalog.
Observations on the animals hitherto found in the shells of the genus Argonauta
William John Broderip
Published
1829
by W. Phillips in London
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Written in English
Edition Notes
Statement | by W.J. Broderip. |
Series | Landmarks of science II |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | Q111 .H35, QL430.3.N4 .H35 |
The Physical Object | |
Format | Microform |
Pagination | p. 57-66 |
Number of Pages | 66 |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL19270918M |
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Add tags for "Observations on the animals hitherto found in the shells of the genus Argonauta". Be the first. Argonauta bottgeri, also known as Böttger's argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus belonging to the genus female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell (hence the name paper nautilus).
bottgeri is the smallest argonaut species. The eggcase rarely exceeds 50 mm in Family: Argonautidae. Observations on the animals hitherto found in the shells of the genus Argonauta / by W.J.
Broderip Broderip, William John, [ Microform, Book: ]. Argonauta argo, also known as the greater argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus belonging to the genus female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a paper-thin eggcase that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell, hence the name paper Chinese name for this species translates as "white sea-horse's nest".
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- 17thth century illustrations of seashells. See more ideas about Sea shells, Shells and Antique illustration pins. A female argonaut (aka ‘paper nautilus’). Genus: Argonauta. (Image by Valerie Taylor/Caters News) Females are the most-commonly encountered members of the genus, ostensibly due both to their larger size relative to the males (males are only about 10% the size of females) and the fact that it is the females which are capable of forming the unusual paper-thin shell unique to.
Mollusca, (soft-bodied animals,) in general covered with a shell; as, for instance, a snail; or without a shell, as a slug. Conchifera, (shell-bearing animals,) with a shell, consisting of two valves, as an oyster or mussel. Cirrhipeda, (with feet like cirri, or hairs.)The inhabitant of the acorn-shell, found on the back of the larger kind of shell-fish, &c., is an instance of this.
Internal shells include the cuttlebones of cuttlefish, the gladii of squids and the vampire squid, the winged shells of cirrate octopods, and the spiral shells of Spirula. Additionally, females of the octopus genus Argonauta secrete a specialised paper-thin eggcase in which they reside, and this is popularly regarded as a "shell", although it.
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The argonauts (genus Argonauta) are enigmatic cephalopods. They have a cosmopolitan distribution in subtropical and tropical seas, where they. THE TAPE-WORMS, or TÆNIÆ⁕ Tæniæ are worms that inhabit the bodies of different animals, where they are destined to feed upon juices already animalized.
They are generally found in the alimentary canal, and usually about the III upper part of it, where there is the greatest abundance of chyle, which seems to be their natural food. In structure they are very. This volume provides many learning opportunities for readers who are interested in the animals that roamed the planet so long ago.
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Although argonauts are considered solitary animals. The four Classes of animals which have been considered in the preceding volumes of this series we have seen to have one character in common; viz. the possession of a bony framework within the body, of which a jointed spine is the most essential element.
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