Michael Vecchione is an American zoologist currently at the

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and an Elected Fellow of the

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since 2001. His highest cited paper is ''Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks'' at 661 times, according to

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. His current interests are marine

biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...

and

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head ...

Education

He earned his B.S. at

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

in 1972 and his Ph.D. at

College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III ...

in 1979.

Publications

*Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem, 9, Biogeosciences, 2010 *The evolution of coleoid cephalopods and their present biodiversity and ecology, RE Young, M Vecchione, DT Donovan, 20, African Journal of Marine Science 1998 *''Octopus, Squid, and Cuttlefish: A Visual Scientific Guide to the Oceans' Most Advanced Invertebrates'', Roger Hanlon, Mike Vecchione, Louise Allcock, University of Chicago Press, 2018

References

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