Groalterri

The Groalterri were a sentient species from the planet Groalter. Their physiological classification was BLSU.

Their body configuration was that of a squat octopoid with short, thick tentacular limbs. The central torso and head were disproportionately large. The eight limbs ended alternately in four sets of claws (that would with maturity evolve into manipulatory digits) and four flat, sharp-edged, osseous blades.

The organ of speech and hearing was centered above the four heavily lidded eyes that were equally spaced around the cranium.

The Groalterri were a macrospecies, so there was an element of risk involved to any life form of more normal body mass which approached it.