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I've added 11 new photos to my Argonauta photo album, if you'd like to have a look: http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=4081363&uid=2101892&members=1
Pics 9-11: Argonauta nodosa. Typical Australian form (in my opinion the most magnificent type), Brazilian form (more elongate shell with less developed tubercles and ribbing) and an intersting specimen of an Australian A. nodosa with slightly exagerrated features (and even two small "spikes" like those on A. argo or A. hians "No. 2").
Pics 12-14: Argonauta argo. Typical Australian form, quite a large specimen (about 18 cm). Then there is the South african form which is usually much smaller and more elongate, which underdeveloped "spikes" (some specimens lack them completely). The third is a specimen from Taiwan waters. A. argo shells from this region seem to vary widely in shape and form.
Pic 15: An example of quite considerable shell restoration in a medium-sized specimen of A. argo.
Pic 16: Freak specimen of A. hians from Taiwan.
Pics 17 & 18: Two old pics showing both sides of my A. hians (122 mm) from Taiwan.
Pic 19: An old pic of my Argonauta nouryi (93.9 mm) from Baja California. (Photo courtesy of Guido T. Poppe who I bought it from).
Well, that's most of the major species covered now.
Michael.
Pics 9-11: Argonauta nodosa. Typical Australian form (in my opinion the most magnificent type), Brazilian form (more elongate shell with less developed tubercles and ribbing) and an intersting specimen of an Australian A. nodosa with slightly exagerrated features (and even two small "spikes" like those on A. argo or A. hians "No. 2").
Pics 12-14: Argonauta argo. Typical Australian form, quite a large specimen (about 18 cm). Then there is the South african form which is usually much smaller and more elongate, which underdeveloped "spikes" (some specimens lack them completely). The third is a specimen from Taiwan waters. A. argo shells from this region seem to vary widely in shape and form.
Pic 15: An example of quite considerable shell restoration in a medium-sized specimen of A. argo.
Pic 16: Freak specimen of A. hians from Taiwan.
Pics 17 & 18: Two old pics showing both sides of my A. hians (122 mm) from Taiwan.
Pic 19: An old pic of my Argonauta nouryi (93.9 mm) from Baja California. (Photo courtesy of Guido T. Poppe who I bought it from).
Well, that's most of the major species covered now.
Michael.