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.

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
 * 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