octopus

octopus design project

Drawing Information

lcp

octopus

575.31 X 409.57

Drawing Description

There are a total of species in the Octopus family26belong to252There are many species of marine mollusks, and their sizes vary greatly. Octopus has a short oval shape, sac like structure, and no fins; The boundary between the head and body is not clear, and the head and body of an octopus are approximately7-9.5Centimeters, with large compound eyes on the head and8A retractable wrist. Each wrist has two rows of fleshy suction cups, and the wrist length of the octopus is about12Centimeters, the wrist length of a long octopus is about48.5Centimeters, the wrist length of a true octopus is about32.5Centimeters. I usually crawl with my wrist, and sometimes I swim by stretching and contracting my wrist membrane. I can hold onto other objects firmly and use the funnel at the bottom of my head to spray water for quick retreat. The base of the wrist is connected to a webbed tissue called the skirt, with a mouth at the center. The mouth has a pair of sharp keratinized palates and file shaped teeth, which are used to drill through shells and scrape their flesh.