Mark Norman notes that "the colour of these webs can quickly change from maroon red to reflective silver".

[12] A. nodosus is occasionally involved in mass strandings along the South African and southern Australian coastlines.

[13] A. nodosus has also been found in the stomach contents of Australian fur seals, Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus, in the Bass Strait and southern Tasmania.

[14] In traditional Māori culture of New Zealand, Argonauta nodosa (known as pūpu tarakihi) is a symbol of new growth and rebirth, as the shape of the animel resembles koru, unfurling fern fronds, which have a similar meaning in art.

They are involved in many traditional stories, notably the waiata "He Ata te Hau", which recounts a dream the Ngāti Whātua tohunga Tītahi had of a mass beaching of white Argonauta nodosa driven by the north wind, which became seen as a prophecy of Europeans arriving to New Zealand.