Adorable new octopus discovered in Monterey Bay

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
This flapjack octopus was photographed about 1,080 feet below the surface in Monterey Bay.
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Here is the cutest octopus you will see today.

Nicknamed the "flapjack octopus" until an official scientific name is given, the adorable sea creature looks like a character you might see in Finding Nemo.

Stephanie Bush, a postdoctoral fellow with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute will be responsible for naming the creature.

"I was thinking about what my options are [for naming it], and I wanted it to be something indicative of the characteristic of the species. Since they're so cute, I thought I could name it the Opistoteuthis adorabilis," Bush told ABC News.

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