Talk:Argonaut (animal)

The males lack the dorsal tentacles used by the females to create their egg cases. The males have a modified arm called a "hectocotylus" that is used for sperm transfer to the female. So how many tentacles does it have? If males lack the dorsal tentacles then does that mean males have 6? Or if I add the hectocotylus then is there 7?--Gbleem 19:11, 18 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Articles Names[edit]

I would suggest that all the Argonaut species be moved to articles bearing their scientific names, with the "common names" being redirects. I have never heard anyone refer to the species using any of the common names; they are always referred to using the latin names or are simply called "paper nautilus" or "argonaut". Mgiganteus1 21:10, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Check out CephBase. - UtherSRG (talk) 01:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know about CephBase. My point is that these common names are simply ones that have appeared in a publication at some point. Most of them are very rarely (if ever) used. I'd like to think I am pretty familiar with the individual species, but if someone were to say "Muddy Argonaut" I would have to ask them what species they were referring to. Sure, I could probably guess that it's A. hians based on the colour of the shell, but I have never seen the name used anywhere. The same goes for all the others, with the exception of Greater Argonaut, which appears here and there. Mgiganteus1 06:17, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It is policy to put an article under the common name if one exists, with a redirect from the scientific name. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:35, 26 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Dimorphism[edit]

that males were described after the females is not sexual dimorphism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.36.61.204 (talk) 19:29, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

shell created for egg laying?[edit]

It sounds from the wording as though the shell is created specifically for laying eggs. Is this the case? If so, what is the lifestyle of a female without a shell? Do the same buoyancy issues not apply? — kwami (talk) 08:19, 20 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology[edit]

"The animal has no connection to the heroes, the Argonauts, in Greek Mythology. Their name comes from their ship, Argo, named after its builder, Argus." and

"Of its names, "argonaut" means "sailor of the Argo.”[3] "

Cross Reference (talk) 18:57, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]