This flapjack octopus is so cute that it might officially be named “adorabilis.” Specimens of this unnamed octopus have been collected since 1990; now Stephanie Bush, a postdoctoral researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, said that she is considering the scientific name Opisthoteuthis Adorabilis.

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Octopus - posted in Critter Identification: Any one identify this guy shot in KBR last Dec.About 2-3" high as shown.

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The flapjack octopus is possibly the prettiest sea creature with a small and compact body. There’s not much information about these mysterious animals because

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Larval wunderpus, Scientific name: Wunderpus photogenicus by Dennis Corpruz, Anilao Critters, Anilao, Philippines. The adult is a small-bodied species of octopus with distinct white and rusty brown coloration.

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Cute octopus, Opistoteuthis adorabilis Dr. Stephanie Bush, a researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute(MBARI), is tasked with giving the orange ‘pus it’s official name. Some distinct morphological characteristics - huge eyes; allowing them to see (barely) in the murky darkness, dumbo-like “ears” which they use to swim around, and “well-developed” web between their eight arms, allowing them to “parachute” around the ocean floor.

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THE COCONUT OCTOPUS Photograph by Mario Neumann (scuba.hamburg on Flickr) Amphioctopus marginatus, also known as the coconut octopus or veined octopus, is a medium-sized…