The octopus as eight arms covered with suckers. That's why they call it an "octopus"
An octopus has eight arms. These appendages are lined with suckers that help the octopus capture and manipulate prey.
It means literally 'eight-footed' and refers to the order of cephalopods that have eight arms with suckers on. Octopus are one example.
The giant squid IS a mollusk. Because octopuses (or octopus) are mollusks, that makes the squid a mollusk because they are exactly alike except they swim different. Plus it has a calcareous shell which means more pieces like one, two, or three pieces.
Centipedes and millipedes can have hundreds of arms or legs, depending on what you call an arm. They use them to crawl around on. Arachnids all have eight arms, and insects have six. Decapod crustaceans, like crabs and shrimps, have ten arms.
The tentacles have suction cups at the end of them and they are longer, but the arms are shorter and have suction cups all over them. There are 2 tentacles and 8 arms on the squid.
yes they actually do...
the location of suckers of a squid are all along the feeding tentacles and 8 arms of a squid.
Octopus has 0 tentacles. A fully grown octopus has 8 Arms, or as scientists are now saying 6 arms and 2 legs. A common mistake calling the octopus arms tentacles. Tentacles are longer than arms and tentacles usually have suckers only at their tips.
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Cuttlefish and squid are decapods, having 10 limbs : the eight arms and two longer limbs called tentacles, used in feeding. They have suckers only at their tips.
The squid's suckers help to hold and immobilize their struggling prey as it's being killed and eaten. All squids have suckers and the number, type, and arrangement is different for each species.
Not sure of the exact amount, but there are two rows of suction cups on each tentacle there are 240 suction cups on each tentacle. Altogether there are 1920 suction cups -Pink Rocks It's important to distinguish between arms and tentacles. Tentacles have suction cups only at the tips. Octopus have arms and have suction cups along the length of the arm.