Gamochonia, by Ernst Haeckel in Kunstformen der Natur.
From top left, clockwise:
Histioteuthis bonnellii
Chiroteuthis veranyi
Pinnoctopus cordiformis
Octopus vulgaris(ventral)
Octopus vulgaris (dorsal)
Gorgeous passage, gorgeous illustration, gorgeous creatures.
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