(data as of June 2002)
Argonauta Linne, 1758:708.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Robson (1932:177)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 by subsequent designation of Montfort, 1810:7)
Argonautarius Dumeril, 1806:156.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta Linne, 1758 [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- New name for Argonauta Cuvier
Todarus Rafinesque, 1815:140.
Nomen nudum.
Todarus Rafinesque, 1840:64.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta Linne, 1758 [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Todarus argo Rafinesque, 1840 by monotypy
Trichocephalus Chiaie, 1827 In 1823-1831:225.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta Linne, 1758 [fide Unresolved]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Trichocephalus acetabularis Chiaie, 1825 In 1823-1831 by monotypy
Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)
Trichocephalus acetabularis Chiaie, 1827 In 1823-1831:225, 244,
pl. 16 figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo [hectocotylus] Linne, 1758 [fide Unresolved]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved
Argonauta argo agglutinans [forma] Von Martens, 1867:106.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta argo americana [var.] Dall, 1889:174, pl 43 figs 1-1b, pl 67.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Off Long Island [New York] [see Dall (1889:190, 197); Verrill 1885:648, pl 23)]
Ocythoe antiquorum Leach, 1817b:139.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:182)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holotype 1993015 [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:109)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean
Argonauta arctica Fabricius, 1780:386.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined; [see Robson (1932:201]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved; ?Tullukaurfak, Greenland
Argonauta argo Linne, 1758:708.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Robson (1932:181)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- LS Syntypes
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "Pelago, M. Indico, Mediterrane"
Todarus argo Rafinesque, 1840:64.
Nomen nudum.
Argonauta argo aurita [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Ceram, Moluccas
Argonauta hians aurita [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Batjan, Moluccas
Argonauta tuberculata aurita [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved
Argonauta bibula Roding, 1798:71.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved
Argonauta bottgeri Maltzan, 1881:163, pl 6 fig 7.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Robson (1932:195)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta bulleri Kirk, 1886:138, pl 4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide O’Shea (1999:87)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype M.3 (shell only) [fide Marshall (1996:45)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Portland Island, New Zealand
Argonauta compressa Blainville, 1826:212.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; [other Blainville types at MNHN] [not reported by Lu et al. (1995)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mer de Indes
Argonauta conradi Parkinson, 1856:386.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species of uncertain status [fide Robson (1932:200)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "New Nantucket, Pacific Ocean"
Argonauta cornu Gmelin, 1791:3368.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; LS?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved
Argonauta cornuta Conrad, 1854:332, pl 34 fig 2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species?; ?Argonauta hians cornuta [fide Robson (1932:197)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Syntypes 63496 and 63497 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated for either syntype
Ocythoe cranchii Leach, 1817a:295, pl 12.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:192)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Holoype (1 saved of several) [fide Leach (1817a:295)]; not found [fide Lipinski et al. (2000:114)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Guinea
Argonauta crassicosta Blainville, 1826:213.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Ferussac and D'Orbigny (1834-1848[1841]:179)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:314)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- New Holland [Australia]
Argonauta cygnus Monterosato, 1889:120.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:183)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [= “Reeve, pl 2 fig 2c”] [not Reeve, Conchologia systematica]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved
Argonauta cymbium Linne, 1758:709.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Non-cephalopod; foraminiferous shell [fide Von Martens (1867:103)]
Argonauta dispar Conrad, 1854:332, pl 34 fig 3.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Argonauta cornuta Conrad, 1854 [fide Robson (1932:197)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Holotype 129978 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:2)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta expansa Dall, 1872:303.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta cornuta Conrad, 1854 [fide Robson (1932:197)TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 61368 (shell) [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:7)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean
Argonauta ferussaci Monterosato, 1914:389, pl 13.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:184)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN 5-11-1166 (shell only) [fide Lu et al. (1995:316)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sicily, Italy
Argonauta fragilis Parkinson, 1856:387.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species of uncertain status [fide Robson (1932:200)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta geniculata Gould, 1852:471, fig. 585.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species of uncertain status [fide Robson (1932:200)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Type not extant [fide Johnson (1964:32)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Near Sugarloaf [Mountain] Rio [de] Janeiro [Brazil]
Argonauta gondola Dillwyn, 1817:335.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Hoyle (1904:11)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Syntypes
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Coasts of Mozambique; Isle of France
Argonauta gracilis Kirk, 1885:59, pl 13.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:199)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Holotype (shell only); specimen not located [fide Marshall (1996:46)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Portland Island; Unresolved
Argonauta grandiformis Perry, 1811:unpaginated, pl 42 fig 4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:180)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- “museum of Mr. Bullock”
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape of Good Hope
Argonauta gruneri Dunker, 1852a:48.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852 [fide Robson (1932:198)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Marquesas Island
Argonauta haustrum Dillwyn, 1817:335.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:192)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- East Indies
Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786:44, 139, 174.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Robson (1932:192)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Tremoctopus hirondellei Joubin, 1895:10, pl 1 figs 1-2, pl 2 figs 1-3.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta or Ocythoe [fide Thomas (1977:386)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Holotype [station 151] [fide Belloc (1950:3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 44°28'56"N, 46°48'15"W (Atlantic Ocean)
Argonauta kochiana Dunker, 1852b:49.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:193)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- China Sea
Argonauta maxima Dall, 1871:96.
Nomen nudum.
Argonauta argo mediterranea Monterosato, 1914:387, pl 10 fig 2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:191)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:320)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean (Adriatic Sea)
Octopus (Philonexis) minimus D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:23, pl 1 figs 4-5.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Solander [Lightfoot], 1786 [fide Berry (1910:130)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al (1995:321)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Pacific Ocean, 30°S, 92°W of Paris
Argonauta minor Risso, 1854:77, pl 33 figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:183)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MHNN?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Sandy areas [?Nice]
Argonauta monterosatoi Coen In Monterosato, 1914:388, pl 12 figs 1-2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:184)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 5-11-1161 (shell, from Japan) [fide Lu et al. (1995:321)]; Lectotype (specimen from Taranto [correct locality = Viesti, Gargano]) [fide Mienis (1994:3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Adriatic, Japan, etc.
Argonauta monterosatoi Coen, 1914:23, pl 1 fig 2.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Junior synonym and homonym of Argonauta monterosatoi Coen In Monterosato, 1914 fide Mienis (1994:3)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- HUJ Lectotype (figured specimen) 20391 [fide Mienis (1994:3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Viesti, Gargano, Italy [fide Mienis (1994:3)]
Argonauta monterosatoi Coen, 1915:272, pl 5 fig 1. [see Coen In Monterosato, 1914]
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Junior synonym and homonym of Argonauta monterosatoi Coen In Monterosato, 1914 [fide Mienis (1994:3)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- HUJ Lectotype 3202 [fide Mienis (1994:3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Viesti, Gargano, Italy [fide Mienis (1994:3)]
Argonauta argo mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta hians mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta tuberculata mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Coast of Brazil
Argonauta navicula Lightfoot, 1786:18,44.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Rehder (1967:11)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta naviformis Conrad, 1854:334.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:183)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta nitida Lamarck, 1822 In 1815-1822:653.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Solander [Lightfoot, 1786] [fide Von Martens (1867:103)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; not at MNHN or MHNG [fide Lu et al. (1995:308)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “l’Ocean des grandes Indes et des Moluques”
Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786:96, 172.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Norman and Reid (2000:80)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Cape of Good Hope, Africa
Argonauta nouryi Lorois, 1852:9, pl 1 fig 5.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Robson (1932:198)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- East of Marquesas
Argonauta argo obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta hians obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Ceram, Moluccas
Argonauta tuberculata obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- UndeterminedTYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Syntypes
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta oryzata Meuschen, 1787:252
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:199)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved [see Dall (1923)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Brighton, Victoria Australia
Argonauta owenii Adams and Reeve, 1848[1848-1850]:4, pl 3 fig 1a-d.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:193)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- BMNH Syntypes [not traced by Lipinski et al. (2000)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South Atlantic Ocean
Argonauta pacifica Dall, 1869:238.
Nomen nudum.
Argonauta pacifica Dall, 1871:95.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species of uncertain status [fide Robson (1932:200)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; NMNH? [not found fide Sweeney (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- California
Argonauta papyracea Roding, 1798:71.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Unresolved]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved
Argonauta papyria Conrad, 1854:331, pl 34 fig 1.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:183)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Syntypes (2) 62489 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:2)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta polita Conrad, 1854:333, pl 34 fig 4.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:193)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ANSP Holotype 63498 [fide Spamer and Bogan (1992:3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Ocythoe punctata Say, 1819:107.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta sp. [fide Robson (1929d:215)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; ANSP? Holotype [not traced by Spamer and Bogan (1992)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Atlantic Ocean near the North American coast (from stomach of dolphin)
Argonauta raricosta Leach In Blainville, 1826:213.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Argonauta hians Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:192)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- [see Ocythoe cranchii Leach, 1817]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Gulf of Guinea
Octopus (Ocythoe) raricyathus Blainville, 1826:194.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined [Argonauta?]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:323)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Argonauta rotunda Perry, 1811:unpaginated, pl 42 fig 1.
Non-cephalopod; Carcinaria sp. [fide Robson (1932:201)]
Argonauta rufa Owen, 1836:23.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Incertae sedis [fide Robson (1932:181)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons? Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- "Indian seas" ["South Pacific ocean" fide Owen (1842:114)]
Argonauta sebae Valenciennes in Monterosato, 1914:387, pl 11 fig 1.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:184)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:324)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Adriatic Sea
Argonauta striata Perry, 1811:unpaginated, pl 42 fig 3.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Argonauta argo Linne, 1758 [fide Robson (1932:202)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- “author’s museum”
TYPE LOCALITY. -- East Indies
Argonauta sulcata Lamarck, 1801:99.
Nomen nudum.
Argonauta tuberculata Roding, 1798:71.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:199)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Unresolved
Argonauta tuberculosa Lamarck, 1822 In 1815-1822:652.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta nodosa Lightfoot, 1786 [fide Robson (1932:198)]TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; not at MNHN or MHNG [fide Lu et al. (1995:308)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- “l’Ocean des grandes Indes et celui des Moluques”
Argonauta vitreus Gmelin, 1791:3368.
CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; LS?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated
Type Repositories
ANSP-Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th & The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, U.S.A. [For type catalogs see Voss (1962); Spamer and Bogan (1992)]
BMNH-The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England (formerly British Museum (Natural History)). [For type catalog see Lipinski et al. (2000)]
HUJ- Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, 91905 Israel.
LS- Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1V 0LQ, England. [For type catalog see Dodge (1953, 1959)]
MHNG-Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Case Postale 284, CH-1211, Geneve 6, Switzerland. [See Mermod (1950) for list of collections]
MHNN-Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musee Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.
MNHN-Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France. [For type catalog see Lu et al. (1995)]
MOM- Musée Océanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, Monaco. [For type catalog see Belloc (1950)]
NMNH-National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM). [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988) for S.S. Berry taxa]
NMNZ-National Museum of New Zealand, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum). [For type catalog see Marshall (1996)]
ZMB- Zoologisches Museum, Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-1040 Berlin, Germany. [For type catalog see Glaubrecht and Salcedo-Vargas (2000)]