page_title: Argonauta argo
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Argonauta argo / Culture
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: アオイガイの貝殻を葵（フタバアオイ）の葉模様に並べたもの。隠岐で獲られたもの。 English: The mark of Asarum caulescens leaves made of Argonauta argo shells. In japan, paper nautilus shell is called "Aoi-gai" which means Shell of Asarum caulescens. Shell is caught in the waters around Oki Islands.
context_page_description: Argonauta argo, also known as the greater argonaut, is a species of pelagic octopus belonging to the genus Argonauta. The Chinese name for this species translates as "white sea-horse's nest".
  A. argo was the first argonaut species to be described and is consequently the type species of the genus. The type specimen of A. argo was collected in the Mediterranean Sea and is deposited at the Linnean Society of London.
context_section_description: In Japanese, this species is called "Aoi-gai" (kanji: 葵貝, Katakana: アオイガイ), which means "Shell of Aoi" (not Malva but Asarum caulescens). Japanese have compared two eggcases of argonauts lapped each other to a leaf of Asarum caulescens. Another name is "Kaidako" (kanji: 貝蛸 or 貝鮹, Katakana: カイダコ), which means "Shell Octopus".
caption: The symbol of Aoi leaf made of two argonaut shells.
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