Research Zoologist Emeritus, Curator of Mollusks. Adjunct Lecturer in Biological Sciences, George Washington University. Adjunct Professor, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Miami. Adjunct Scientist, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
MRC 118
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
roper.clyde@nmnh.si.edu
Research Interests
systematics, zoogeography, development, behavior, resource evaluation, and ecology of cephalopods, worldwide. The deep sea.
Current Research Projects
morphology and behavior of deep sea cephalopods as observed from submersibles, and other underwater vehicles; systematic revision of Chiroteuthidae, deep sea squids; analysis of deep sea fauna of Kaikoura Canyon, NZ, as filmed from submersibles.
Current or Projected Exhibits
upgrade of Giant Squid exhibit at NMNH; new Mollusk Hall, including giant squid and living cephalopods, at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.
Recent Publications
see SIL's Cephalopod Bibliography in SIRIS