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This video is part of Science Friday's #CephalopodWeek 2015! Join the cephaloparty starting Friday, June 19th.   / cephalopodweek  

What do you call an tiny octopus with big eyes, gelatinous skin and is cute as a button? Nobody knows quite yet! Stephanie Bush of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute aims to classify and name this presently undescribed deepsea cephalopod using preserved specimens and a clutch of eggs hatch housed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

*DISCLAIMER* from Dr. Stephanie Bush: The Opisthoteuthis eggs depicted in this video are preserved specimens, not the eggs laid at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (which are still being lovingly incubated at MBARI's Cold Storage Facility!)