扁船蛸

扁船蛸（Argonauta argo）是一種章魚，也被稱為「紙鸚鵡螺」，唯有雌性個體才能分泌超薄卵盒，該構造與現在的鸚鵡螺不一樣，船蛸缺少填充氣體的腔室，亦並非真正的頭足綱貝殼。原文：「...，以供儲卵之用，而非真正的貝殼。一旦卵孵化完畢，『殼』就被丟棄。」扁船蛸分布在世界各地的熱帶和亞熱帶海域。

參考資料

 Guerra, A., A.F. González & F. Rocha 2002. Appearance of the common paper nautilus Argonauta argo related to the increase of the sea surface temperature in the north-eastern Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 82: 855–858. 

 Sweeney, M. J. (2002). Taxa Associated with the Family Argonautidae Tryon, 1879.  Tree of Life web project.

外部連結

 Marine Species Identification Portal: Argonauta argo 
 Tree of Life web project: Argonauta 
 Image of a stranded Argonauta argo 

Category:船蛸屬