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(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. -- Undetermined
TYPE 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. -- Undetermined
TYPE 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. -- Undetermined
TYPE 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. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Argonauta hians mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB Holotype
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Argonauta tuberculata mutica [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE 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. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB        
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Argonauta hians obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:105.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- ZMB
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Ceram, Moluccas

Argonauta tuberculata obtusangula [forma] Von Martens, 1867:104.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Undetermined
TYPE 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

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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)]

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