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
There are four confirmed species of Hapalochlaena, and six possible species still being researched: 1  Greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) 2  Southern blue-ringed octopus or lesser blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) 3  Blue-lined octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata)