Mark Norman (marine biologist)

Mark Douglas Norman (1960s to present) is a scientist living in southern Australia. He works as a Chief Conservation Scientist with Parks Victoria.[1]

Prior to 2016 he worked as a curator and marine biologist through the University of Melbourne and Museum Victoria.[2] For over a decade in this role, Norman worked exclusively with cephalopods and was a leading scientists in the field, having discovered over 150 new species of octopuses. The best known of these is probably the mimic octopus.[3]

Notable publications
  • Norman M., Reid A. (2000) A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopuses of Australasia (The Gould League of Australia and CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).
  • Norman M. (2000) Cephalopods: A World Guide (ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany). This book contains over 800 color photographs of cephalopods in their natural habitat.[4]

Species described by Mark Norman

The following species have been described by M. Norman either individually or with co-authors.[5]

  • Ameloctopus litoralis Norman, 1992
  • Cistopus platinoidus Sreeja, Norman & Biju Kumar, 2015
  • Microeledone mangoldi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004
  • Octopus (Abdopus) capricornicus Norman & Finn, 2001
  • Octopus abaculus Norman & Sweeney, 1997
  • Octopus aspilosomatis Norman, 1993
  • Octopus berrima Stranks & Norman, 1992
  • Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1993
  • Octopus mototi Norman, 1993
  • Octopus neglectus Nateewathana & Norman, 1999
  • Octopus nocturnus Norman & Sweeney, 1997
  • Octopus rex Nateewathana & Norman, 1999
  • Octopus siamensis Nateewathana & Norman, 1999
  • Scaeurgus nesisi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005
  • Thaumoctopus mimicus Norman & Hochberg, 2005

References
  1. "Parks Victoria Executive Team". www.parks.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. "Ben Hills and Mark Norman". abc.net.au. 30 October 2006. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.
  3. "Octopus frenzy". abc.net.au. 15 July 1999.
  4. Mark Norman (2000). Cephalopods, a world guide. ISBN 3925919325.
  5. "Shellers From the Past and the Present, Norman, Mark Douglas (Phd)". Conchology, Inc. 2023.


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