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Three arm and tentacle regions:<br />
• Carpus ("wrist”) – dense cups<br />
cluster, in 6 or 7 irregular,<br />
transverse rows<br />
• Manus ("hand") – broader, close<br />
to arm end with enlarged suckers<br />
in 2 medial rows<br />
• Dactylus ("finger”) - the tip; arm<br />
bases & tentacles arranged<br />
circularly surrounding animal's<br />
single, parrot-like beak, like<br />
other cephalopods<br />
Image – Giant squid vintage image showing the<br />
entire body, tentacles and other body parts.<br />
Image in the public domain.
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