For the baseball event nicknamed the Boston Massacre, see Yankees â Red Sox rivalry. The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others.
The males of this group have a modified third arm into a hectocotylus. Their hectocotylus is not detachable. This group includes all of the classic octopuses that even children can imagine, including the common octopus: Octopus vulgaris. Genus: Enteroctopus The members of this genus are known as âgiant octopuses.â
Grimpoteuthis spp, are known as the deepest living of all octopus species. They live on the seafloor or hover just slightly above it at depths of depths of 3000 to 4000 m (9800 to 13000 ft), The similarity of the ear-like fins protruding from the top of the mantle of the Dumbo octopus to the ears of the Disney character, Dumbo, the Flying elephant, led to the common name, dumbo.