Its eight arms (or more accurately, feet) were rooted in its head, which has earned these animals the name cephalopod; its arms stretched a distance twice the length of its body and were writhing like the serpentine hair of the Furies.
Ses huit bras, ou plutôt ses huit pieds, implantés sur sa tête, qui ont valu à ces animaux le nom de céphalopodes, avaient un développement double de son corps et se tordaient comme la chevelure des furies.