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An Eight-Armed Cuttlefish or Octopus Attacking a Small Crab

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An Eight-Armed Cuttlefish or Octopus Attacking a Small Crab.jpg Callianassa stebbingi (Female), a Sand-burrowing Thalassinid from the South Coast of EnglandMiniaturesLarva of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga) - Caudal aspect - Anterior stigmata. Pharyngeal skeletonCallianassa stebbingi (Female), a Sand-burrowing Thalassinid from the South Coast of EnglandMiniaturesLarva of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga) - Caudal aspect - Anterior stigmata. Pharyngeal skeletonCallianassa stebbingi (Female), a Sand-burrowing Thalassinid from the South Coast of EnglandMiniaturesLarva of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga) - Caudal aspect - Anterior stigmata. Pharyngeal skeletonCallianassa stebbingi (Female), a Sand-burrowing Thalassinid from the South Coast of EnglandMiniaturesLarva of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga) - Caudal aspect - Anterior stigmata. Pharyngeal skeletonCallianassa stebbingi (Female), a Sand-burrowing Thalassinid from the South Coast of EnglandMiniaturesLarva of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga) - Caudal aspect - Anterior stigmata. Pharyngeal skeletonCallianassa stebbingi (Female), a Sand-burrowing Thalassinid from the South Coast of EnglandMiniaturesLarva of a flesh fly (Sarcophaga) - Caudal aspect - Anterior stigmata. Pharyngeal skeleton

These molluscs are particularly fond of crustaceans, which they crunch with their parrot's beak-like jaws. Their salivary juice has a paralysing effect on their prey. To one side, below the eye, may be seen the funnel through which water is very forcibly ejected in the process of locomotion.