page_title: Cephalopod limb
hierarchical_section_title: Cephalopod limb
caption_attribution_description: Bathypolypus arcticus male
context_page_description: All cephalopods possess flexible limbs extending from their heads and surrounding their beaks. These appendages, which function as muscular hydrostats, have been variously termed arms, legs or tentacles.
context_section_description: All cephalopods possess flexible limbs extending from their heads and surrounding their beaks. These appendages, which function as muscular hydrostats, have been variously termed arms, legs or tentacles.
caption: Oral view of male Bathypolypus arcticus with hectocotylus on arm III (left)
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