Octopus

The Octopus (Plural: Octopi, Octopuses, Octopodes) are members of the order Octopoda. They are boneless mollusc's who posssesss two eyes, and four pairs of arms in addition to a hard beak in the mouth, which is located in the center of the arms. Octopoda was classified by Leach in 1817.

Their are around 300 classified speices of Octopi with only 100 being members of the genus Octopus, which is with in the order Octopoda.

Lore
The Kraken is a legendary sea monster often dipected in greek art as a giant Octopode.

In the native religion of Hawaii this world is the lattest in a series of worlds which have been destroyed. The Octopus is the only survivor of the previous world, an alien being from world unlike our own. They are associated with Kanaloa, ruler of the abyss, and the dead; who along side the three other main dieties formed order from the chaos of Po, and created man.

As a symbol, and metaphor, the octopus is often used to represent organizations in a negative light as far reaching, manipulative, and bent on domination.