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Mark Norman (marine biologist)

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Mark Douglas Norman (1960s to present) is a scientist living in southern Australia. He works as a Chief Conservation Scientist with Parks Victoria.{{Cite web |title=Parks Victoria Executive Team |url=http://www.parks.vic.gov.au/about-us/parks-victoria-executive-team |access-date=2023-06-01 |website=www.parks.vic.gov.au |language=en}}

Prior to 2016 he worked as a curator and marine biologist through the University of Melbourne and Museum Victoria.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/stories/s1776754.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111213259/http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/conversations/stories/s1776754.htm |archivedate=11 November 2012|title=Ben Hills and Mark Norman|date=30 October 2006|work=abc.net.au}} 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.{{cite web|date=15 July 1999|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s36815.htm|title= Octopus frenzy|work=abc.net.au}}

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.{{cite book|isbn=3925919325|title=Cephalopods, a world guide|year=2000|author=Mark Norman|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8296076}}

Species described by Mark Norman

The following species have been described by M. Norman either individually or with co-authors.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Shellers From the Past and the Present, Norman, Mark Douglas (Phd) |url=https://www.conchology.be/?t=9001&id=26012 |publisher=Conchology, Inc.}}

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