Anatomy of a walking octopoid

I have some alien creatures which are essentially land-going octopoids somewhat larger than humans. Tentacles not being a good form of propulsion on land, they have rudimentary 'legs' with one bone each (I envisage something like cuttlebone). Would this be enough for a slow, shuffling walk? Do I need any other modifications to get walking a octopus? This is supposed to be generally cephalopod/mollusk.

* UPDATE * If anyone is interested, the walking octopoids, aka Spawn, feature in my new novel War of the God Queen. Thank you all for your help -- and let me know if you'd like a review copy.

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