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Description: | This is the shell of the Paper Nautilus, or Argonaut, a strange species of octopus. It is found in the sub-tropical Pacific Ocean and spends it's whole life in open water, swimming near the surface. It feeds on crustaceans and jellyfish. The 'shell' is actually an egg case and only females have them. Females are much larger than males, and secrete the shell from a modified pair of arms. The shells often wash up on beaches in parts of Australasia. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East animals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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