Mark Norman

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

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

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.

Species described by Mark Norman The following species have been described by M. Norman either individually or with co-authors.

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 Amphioctopus exannulatus Norman, 1993 Amphioctopus mototi Norman, 1993 Amphioctopus neglectus Nateewathana & Norman, 1999 Octopus nocturnus Norman & Sweeney, 1997 Amphioctopus rex Nateewathana & Norman, 1999 Amphioctopus siamensis Nateewathana & Norman, 1999 Scaeurgus nesisi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005 Thaumoctopus mimicus Norman & Hochberg, 2005