Body length up to 25 feet. Color comes in different dark colors. Head consists of the eyes and a brain with 30 noticeable lobes. The lobes function in sight and appearance of certain objects. Eight, long, sucker covered arms of equal length.
Buccal cavity contains jaw like radula.
Body is globular and contains no fins. Octopuses hunt down anything that is vulnerable, killing their prey by injecting poison from their salivary glands. They have a short life span and only mingle once with others for copulation. These octopuses are huge in size only after a year of living. The dofleini come in various dark colors.