When threatened, the octopus flares out her webbing so she looks even bigger! For the females that do develop it, the display can be shed to elude predators.
Females can grow up to approximately 1 m in length 3 ft! Juveniles have been collected at depths ranging from 0 to 250 m 820 ft.
While females grow up to 2 metres in length, the males have only been seen to grow to about 2.