Steve O'Shea

Steve O'Shea (born 14 December 1965 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a marine biologist and environmentalist known for his research on giant squid.

O'Shea obtained his degrees from Auckland university. He undertook a Bachelor of Science between 1984 and 1988. He graduated with an M.Sc. in 1990. He began work with the giant squid whilst working for the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in New Zealand in 1996. He became the Director of the Earth and Oceanic Sciences Research Institute at the Auckland University of Technology in 2005, and was a Discovery Channel Quest Scholar. He lived in Sydney during the 2010s , and currently resides in Paris, France where he runs a small editing business.

Media appearances O'Shea has appeared in over 13 documentaries on squid, whales and the oceans.

Species named by Steve O'Shea

Cirroctopus hochbergi O'Shea, 1999 Cirroteuthis kirrilyae Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2025 Grimpoteuthis abyssicola O'Shea, 1999 Grimpoteuthis angularis Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2022 Grimpoteuthis innominata O'Shea, 1999 Grimpoteuthis greeni Verhoeff & O'Shea, 2022 Vulcanoctopus tegginmathae (O'Shea, 1999)

Eponymy Six marine species have been named after O'Shea to honour his contribution to science:

Awhiowhio osheai (sponge) Brucerolis osheai (isopod) Calvetia osheai (bryozoan) Gonodactylellus osheai (mantis shrimp) Magnoteuthis osheai (squid) Vulcanolepas osheai (deep-sea barnacle)