Tentacular

Tentaculars are a hostile and edible species from Dragon Quest III, VIII and XI

Appearance
Tentaculars look exactly like squids we can find in seafood markets, however, tentaculars are enormous.

Biography
In DQ III and DQ VIII, tentaculars appears as common enemies in the outer sea.

In DQ XI, a tentacular is summoned by Jasper to kill the Luminary who fleed on a ship, however before the giant squid can do anything, it was scared away by merchant ships. The same tentacular later attacked a fishing village's sailors, however, it was ambush and killed by the Luminary after a tough battle. After the fall of Yggdrasil, more tentaculars show up and appear as common enemies, they are extremely dangerous and can be even deadlier than Alizarin the Spectral Sentinel if not treated probably.

Trivia
• In DQ XI, there is a quest where the villagers of a fishing village request the Luminary to help them to obtain a roasted tentacular tentacle. Which showed that this giant monsters are edible.