Drawing by malacologist Pierre Dénys de Montfort, 1801 from the descriptions of French sailors reportedly attacked, off the coast of Angola
Enteroctopus known also as the giant octopuses, is a genus confined to the tepid areas of the Northern and Southern hemispheres characterized by their large size.
They have distinct wrinkles or folds running lenghtwise on its body and a narrower head than the mantle. Watch its Pacific relative in this video...
