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Argonauts
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Argonauts

Argonauta

4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Greater Argonaut

speciesArgonauta argo

Knobbed Argonaut

speciesArgonauta nodosus

Brown Argonaut

speciesArgonauta hians

Noury's Argonaut

speciesArgonauta nouryi

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Argonauts in Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)

Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)

Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1705 · p.143

Argonauts in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.560

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