Talk:Scylla/@comment-31721556-20190901201334/@comment-31721556-20190901223952

It is not described in the book as being arthropod-esque, because that was the most obvious part of it, and they wanted to empthasize the cephalopod traits since they were the only thing setting it apart from a completely nondescript crustacean.

Ultimately, it is more arthropod than crustacean. If it didn't have arthropod legs, I'd be inclined to agree with you.

''if it was in real life, it would be classified as an arthropod, due to being an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton, segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. case literally closed. squids don't have legs''