Argonauta argo

Greater argonaut
	Argonauta argo inside its shell
	Illustration from I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (1896)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Argonautidae
Genus:	Argonauta
Species:	A. argo
Binomial name
	Argonauta argo; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	List Argonauta papyracea; Röding, 1798 ; Argonauta grandiformis; Perry, 1811 ; ?Argonauta striata; Perry, 1811 ; Ocythoe antiquorum; Leach, 1817 ; Trichocephalus acetabularis; Chiaie, 1827 in 1823-1831 ; ?Todarus argo nom. nud.; Rafinesque, 1840 ; Argonauta minor; Risso, 1854 ; Argonauta naviformis; Conrad, 1854 ; Argonauta papyria; Conrad, 1854 ; ?Argonauta argo f. agglutinans; Von Martens, 1867 ; ?Argonauta argo f. aurita; Von Martens, 1867 ; ?Argonauta argo f. mutica; Von Martens, 1867 ; ?Argonauta argo f. obtusangula; Von Martens, 1867 ; Argonauta bulleri; Kirk, 1886 ; ?Argonauta argo var. americana; Dall, 1889 ; Argonauta cygnus; Monterosato, 1889 ; Argonauta ferussaci; Monterosato, 1914 ; Argonauta argo mediterranea; Monterosato, 1914 ; ?Argonauta monterosatoi; Coen in Monterosato, 1914 ; ?Argonauta monterosatoi; Coen, 1914 ; ?Argonauta monterosatoi; Coen, 1915 ; Argonauta sebae; Valenciennes in Monterosato, 1914 ;

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.

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