Eric Hochberg (biologist)

Frederick George "Eric" Hochberg (1941–2023) was a marine biologist specializing in the study of cephalopods and their parasites.[1]

In 1971, Hochberg received a Zoology PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, later taking on teaching positions at the University of Washington. He became a curator at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in 1973.[2] Through the late 1990s and into the 2000s Hochberg collaborated on the description of several species of Octopus, most notably Thaumoctopus mimicus (mimic octopus) and Wunderpus photogenicus (the wunderpus).[1] Hochberg was also well known for his extensive research on cephalopod parasites, particularly the dicyemids, and he also studied terrestrial mollusks.[2]