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Vecchione, Michael

Curator

Positions

• Senior Scientist, Zoologist, NOAA/NMFS National Systematics Lab. 1986 -

Systematics, development, biogeography, and ecology of cephalopods.

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Background And Education

education and training

• B.S., University of Miami
• Ph.D., College of William and Mary

Publications

selected publications

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  • Sutton, Tracey T., Boswell, Kevin M., Bracken-Grissom, Heather D., Lopez, Jose V., Vecchione, Michael, and Youngbluth, Marsh. 2021. "Editorial: Deep Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in a Highly Impacted Water Column: The Gulf of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon." Frontiers in Marine Science 8:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.653074 2021
  • Ringvold, Halldis, Taite, Morag, Allcock, A. Louise, Vecchione, Michael, Pean, Michel, Sandulli, Roberto, Johnsen, Geir, Fjellheim, Arne, Bakke, Snorre, Sannaes, Hanne, Synnes, Ann-Elin Waroy, Coronel, Jose, Hansen, Martin, Olejar, Peter G., Eliassen, Geir, Eliassen, Anita, and Klungland, Karl. 2021. "In situ recordings of large gelatinous spheres from NE Atlantic, and the first genetic confirmation of egg mass of Illex coindetii (Verany, 1839) (Cephalopoda, Mollusca)." Scientific Reports 11 (1):https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86164-8 2021
  • Pratt, Abigail, France, Scott C., and Vecchione, Michael. 2021. "Survey of bathyal incirrate octopods in the western North Atlantic." Marine Biodiversity 51 (3):https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01191-y 2021
  • Sluis, Michelle Zapp, Judkins, Heather, Dance, Michael A., Vecchione, Michael, Cornic, Maelle, Sutton, Tracey, and Rooker, Jay R. 2021. "Taxonomic composition, abundance and habitat associations of squid paralarvae in the northern Gulf of Mexico." Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 174:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103572 2021
  • Pappalardo, Paula, Collins, Allen G., Pagenkopp Lohan, Katrina,M., Hanson, Kate M., Truskey, Sarit B., Jaeckle, William, Ames, Cheryl Lewis, Goodheart, Jessica A., Bush, Stephanie L., Biancani, Leann M., Strong, Ellen E., Vecchione, Michael, Harasewych, M. G., Reed, Karen, Lin, Chan, Hartil, Elise C., Whelpley, Jessica, Blumberg, Jamie, Matterson, Kenan, Redmond, Niamh E., Becker, Allison, Boyle, Michael J., and Osborn, Karen J. 2021. "The role of taxonomic expertise in interpretation of metabarcoding studies." ICES Journal of Marine Science https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab082 2021
  • Cook, April B., Bernard, Andrea M., Boswell, Kevin M., Bracken-Grissom, Heather, D'Elia, Marta, DeRada, Sergio, Easson, Cole G., English, David, Eytan, Ron, I., Frank, Tamara, Hu, Chuanmin, Johnston, Matthew W., Judkins, Heather, Lembke, Chad, Lopez, Jose, V., Milligan, Rosanna J., Moore, Jon A., Penta, Bradley, Pruzinsky, Nina M., Quinlan, John A., Richards, Travis M., Romero, Isabel C., Shivji, Mahmood S., Vecchione, Michael, Weber, Max D. et al. 2020. "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Investigate Deep-Pelagic Ecosystem Dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico Following Deepwater Horizon." Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.548880 2020
  • Miranda, V. R., Vecchione, Michael, and Frank, T. M. 2020. "Abundance and diversity of deep-sea crustaceans (Decapoda, Lophogastrida, and Euphausiacea) in the micronekton of Bear Seamount, New England Seamount Chain." Marine Biodiversity 50 (5):77-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01089-1 2020
  • Judkins, Heather, Vecchione, Michael, and Sweeney, Michael. 2020. "Cephalopod research across scales: from molecules to ecosystems." Bulletin of Marine Science 96 (2):231-234. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0049 2020
  • Jamieson, Alan J. and Vecchione, Michael. 2020. "First in situ observation of Cephalopoda at hadal depths (Octopoda: Opisthoteuthidae: Grimpoteuthis sp.)." Marine Biology 167 (6):82-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03701-1 2020
  • Pratt, Abigail, Baldwin, Carole C., and Vecchione, Michael. 2020. "Octopods of deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean, including description of one newly discovered species." Bulletin of Marine Science 96 (2):297-308. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0040 2020
  • Taite, Morag, Vecchione, Michael, Fennell, Sheena, and Allcock, A. Louise. 2020. "Paralarval and juvenile cephalopods within warm-core eddies in the North Atlantic." Bulletin of Marine Science 96 (2):235-261. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0042 2020
  • Timm, L. E., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., Sosnowski, A., Breitbart, M., Vecchione, Michael, and Judkins, H. L. 2020. "Population genomics of three deep-sea cephalopod species reveals connectivity between the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic Ocean." Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 158:Article 103222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103222 2020
  • Romero, Isabel C., Judkins, Heather, and Vecchione, Michael. 2020. "Temporal Variability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Deep-Sea Cephalopods of the Northern Gulf of Mexico." Frontiers in Marine Science 7:Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00054 2020
  • Lindsay, Dhugal J., Hunt, James C., McNeil, Mardi, Beaman, Robin J., and Vecchione, Michael. 2020. "The First In Situ Observation of the Ram's Horn Squid Spirula spirula Turns "Common Knowledge" Upside Down." Diversity-Basel 12 (12):https://doi.org/10.3390/d12120449 2020
  • Judkins, Heather and Vecchione, Michael. 2020. "Vertical Distribution Patterns of Cephalopods in the Northern Gulf of Mexico." Frontiers in Marine Science 7:Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00047 2020
  • Richards, Jared and Vecchione, Michael. 2020. "Vertical and small-scale horizontal distribution of cephalopods in the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge." Bulletin of Marine Science 96 (2):341-356. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2019.0076 2020
  • Peyla, James, Roper, Clyde, Sweeney, Michael, and Vecchione, Michael. 2019. "Condition of the Sasaki/Albatross Cephalopod Collection at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History." Marine Fisheries Review 80:83-88. https://doi.org/10.7755/MFR.80.4.2 2019
  • Rosa, Rui, Pissarra, Vasco, Borges, Francisco O., Xavier, Jose, Gleadall, Ian G., Golikov, Alexey, Bello, Giambattista, Morais, Liliane, Lishchenkos, Fedor, Roura, Alvaro, Judkins, Heather, Ibanez, Christian M., Piatkowski, Uwe, Vecchione, Michael, and Villanueva, Roger. 2019. "Global Patterns of Species Richness in Coastal Cephalopods." Frontiers in Marine Science 6:UNSP 469-UNSP 469. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00469 2019
  • Staudinger, Michelle D., Dimkovikj, Valerie H., France, Christine A. M., Jorgensen, Elaina M., Judkins, Heather, Lindgren, Annie, Shea, Elizabeth K., and Vecchione, Michael. 2019. "Trophic ecology of the deep-sea cephalopod assemblage near Bear Seamount in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean." Marine Ecology Progress Series 629:67-86. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13121 2019
  • Erickson, Carrie A., Roper, Clyde F. E., and Vecchione, Michael. 2018. "Erratum : Variability of Paralarval-Squid Occurrence in Meter-Net Tows from East of Florida, USA." Southeastern Naturalist 17 (1):N14. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.017.0119 2018
  • Shea, Elizabeth K., Judkins, Heather, Staudinger, Michelle D., Dimkovikj, Valerie H., Lindgren, Annie, and Vecchione, Michael. 2017. "Cephalopod biodiversity in the vicinity of Bear Seamount, western North Atlantic based on exploratory trawling from 2000 to 2014." Marine Biodiversity 47 (3):699-722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0633-3 2017
  • Judkins, H., Vecchione, Michael, Cook, A., and Sutton, T. 2017. "Diversity of midwater cephalopods in the northern Gulf of Mexico: comparison of two collecting methods." Marine Biodiversity 47 (3):647-657. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0597-8 2017
  • Vecchione, Michael, Jorgensen, Elaina M., and Yasunori, Sakurai. 2017. "Editorial: Recent Advances in the Knowledge of Cephalopod Biodiversity." Marine Biodiversity 47 (3):619-990. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0769-1 2017
  • Vecchione, Michael. 2017. "Notes on cephalopods photographed near the bottom in the Clipperton-Clarion Fracture Zone." Marine Biodiversity 47 (2):307-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0528-8 2017
  • Stabile, Frank A., Watkins-Colwell, Gregory, Moore, Jon A., Vecchione, Michael, and Burtt, Edward H. 2017. "Observations of Passerines and a Falcon from a Research Vessel in the Western North Atlantic Ocean." The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129 (2):349-353. https://doi.org/10.1676/16-029.1 2017
  • Erickson, Carrie A., Roper, Clyde F. E., and Vecchione, Michael. 2017. "Variability of Paralarval-Squid Occurrence in Meter-Net Tows from East of Florida, USA." Southeastern Naturalist 16 (4):629-642. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.016.0411 2017
  • Strugnell, Jan M., Hall, Nathan E., Vecchione, Michael, Fuchs, Dirk, and Allcock, A. L. 2017. "Whole mitochondrial genome of the Ram’s Horn Squid shines light on the phylogenetic position of the monotypic order Spirulida (Haeckel, 1896)." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 109:296-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.011 2017
  • Purser, Autun, Marcon, Yann, Hoving, Henk-Jan T., Vecchione, Michael, Piatkowski, Uwe, Eason, Deborah, Bluhm, Hartmut, and Boetius, Antje. 2016. "Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean." Current Biology 26 (24):R1268-R1269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.052 2016
  • Judkins, H. L., Vecchione, Michael, and Rosario, K. 2016. "Morphological and molecular evidence of Heteroteuthis dagamensis in the Gulf of Mexico." Bulletin of Marine Science 92 (1):51-57. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2015.1061 2016
  • Vecchione, Michael, Sosnowski, A., and Young, R. E. 2015. "Walvisteuthis jeremiahi n. sp. (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), an onychoteuthid squid from the Gulf of Mexico." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 128 (2):164-175. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-128.2.164 2015
  • Roper, Clyde F. E., Gutierrez, A., and Vecchione, Michael. 2015. "Paralarval octopods of the Florida Current." Journal of Natural History 49 (21-24):1281-1304. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.802046 2015
  • Vecchione, Michael, Falkenhaug, Tone, Sutton, Tracey, Cook, April, Gislason, Astthor, Hansen, Hege Øverbø, Heino, Mikko, Miller, Peter I., Piatkowski, Uwe, Porteiro, Filipe, Søiland, Henrik, and Bergstad, Odd Aksel. 2015. "The effect of the North Atlantic Subpolar Front as a boundary in pelagic biogeography decreases with increasing depth and organism size." Progress in Oceanography 138, Part A:105-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.08.006 2015
  • Harrop, Jessica, Vecchione, Michael, and Felley, James D. 2014. "In situ observations on behaviour of the ommastrephid squid genus Illex (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) in the northwestern Atlantic." Journal of Natural History 48 (41-42):2501-2516. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.937367 2014
  • Vidal, Erica A. G., Vecchione, Michael, and von Boletzky, Sigurd. 2014. "Dedication to Professor Malcolm R. Clarke (1930-2013)." Hydrobiologia 725 (1):1-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1789-x 2014
  • Sweetman, C. J., Sutton, T. T., Vecchione, Michael, and Latour, R. J. 2014. "Diet composition of Bathylagus euryops (Osmeriformes: Bathylagidae) along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 92:107-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2014.06.010 2014
  • Rocha, L. A., Aleixo, A., Allen, G., Almeda, F., Baldwin, Carole C., Barclay, M. V. L., Bates, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Benzoni, F., Berns, C. M., Berumen, M. L., Blackburn, D. C., Blum, S., Bolanos, F., Bowie, R. C. K., Britz, R., Brown, R. M., Cadena, C. D., Carpenter, K., Ceriaco, L. M., Chakrabarty, P., Chaves, G., Choat, J. H., Clements, K. D., Collette, Bruce B. et al. 2014. "Specimen collection: An essential tool." Science 344 (6186):814-815. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6186.814 2014
  • Strugnell, Jan M., Norman, Mark D., Vecchione, Michael, Guzik, Michelle, and Allcock, A. Louise. 2014. "The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history." Hydrobiologia 725 (1):215-235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6 2014
  • Sweetman, C. J., Sutton, T. T., Vecchione, Michael, and Latour, R. J. 2013. "Distribution of the biomass-dominant pelagic fish, Bathylagus euryops (Argentiniformes: Microstomatidae), along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 78:16-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.03.004 2013
  • Priede, Imants G., Bergstad, Odd Aksel, Miller, Peter I., Vecchione, Michael, Gebruk, Andrey, Falkenhaug, Tone, Billett, David S. M., Craig, Jessica, Dale, Andrew C., Shields, Mark A., Tilstone, Gavin H., Sutton, Tracey T., Gooday, Andrew J., Inall, Mark E., Jones, Daniel O. B., Martinez-Vicente, Victor, Menezes, Gui M., Niedzielski, Tomasz, Sigurosson, Porsteinn, Rothe, Nina, Rogacheva, Antonina, Alt, Claudia H. S., Brand, Timothy, Abell, Richard, Brierley, Andrew S. et al. 2013. "Does Presence of a Mid-Ocean Ridge Enhance Biomass and Biodiversity?." Plos One 8 (5):e61550. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061550 2013
  • Hoving, Hendrik J. T., Zeidberg, Louis D., Benfield, Mark C., Bush, Stephanie L., Robison, Bruce H., and Vecchione, Michael. 2013. "First in situ observations of the deep-sea squid Grimalditeuthis bonplandi reveal unique use of tentacles." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1769):https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1463 2013
  • Hoving, H. J. T. and Vecchione, Michael. 2012. "Mating Behavior of a Deep-Sea Squid Revealed by in situ Videography and the Study of Archived Specimens." Biological Bulletin 223 (3):263-267. 2012
  • Guerra, Ángel, Portela, Julio M., Roura, Álvaro, Río, José,Luis del, and Vecchione, Michael. 2012. "Morphological variability of the rare bush-club squid Batoteuthis (Cephalopoda, Batoteuthidae)?." Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 266 (1):77-83. https://doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0267 2012
  • Strugnell, J. M., Cherel, Y., Cooke, I. R., Gleadall, I. G., Hochberg, F. G., Ibanez, C. M., Jorgensen, E., Laptikhovsky, V. V., Linse, K., Norman, M., Vecchione, Michael, Voight, J. R., and Allcock, A. L. 2011. "The Southern Ocean: Source and Sink?." Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography 58 (1-2):196-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.015 2011
  • Judkins, Heather L., Vecchione, Michael, Roper, Clyde F. E., and Torres, Joseph. 2010. "Cephalopod species richness in the wider Caribbean region." ICES Journal of Marine Science 67 (7):1392-1400. 2010
  • Vecchione, Michael, Young, Richard E., and Piatkowski, Uwe. 2010. "Cephalopods of the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge." Marine Biology Research 6 (1):25-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000902810751 2010
  • Ramirez-Llodra, E., Brandt, A., Danovaro, R., De Mol, B., Escobar, E., German, C. R., Levin, L. A., Arbizu, P. Martinez, Menot, L., Buhl-Mortensen, P., Narayanaswamy, B. E., Smith, C. R., Tittensor, D. P., Tyler, P. A., Vanreusel, A., and Vecchione, Michael. 2010. "Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem." Biogeosciences 7 (9):2851-2899. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-7-2851-2010 2010
  • Shea, Elizabeth K. and Vecchione, Michael. 2010. "Ontogenic changes in diel vertical migration patterns compared with known allometric changes in three mesopelagic squid species suggest an expanded definition of a paralarva." ICES Journal of Marine Science 67 (7):1436-1443. 2010
  • Shigeno, S., Sasaki, T., Moritaki, T., Kasugai, T., Vecchione, Michael, and Agata, K. 2008. "Evolution of the cephalopod head complex by assembly of multiple molluscan body parts: Evidence from Nautilus embryonic development." Journal of Morphology 269 (1):1-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10564 2008
  • Young, R. E., Lindgren, A., and Vecchione, Michael. 2008. "Mastigoteuthis microlucens, a new species of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca : Cephalopoda)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 121 (2):276-282. https://doi.org/10.2988/07-40.1 2008
  • Unger, Michael A., Harvey, Ellen, Vadas, George G., and Vecchione, Michael. 2008. "Persistent pollutants in nine species of deep-sea cephalopods." Marine pollution bulletin 56 (8):1498-1500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.04.018 2008
  • Felley, J. D., Vecchione, Michael, and Wilson, R. R. 2008. "Small-scale distribution of deep-sea demersal nekton and other megafauna in the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge." Deep-Sea Research. Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography 55 (1-2):153-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.09.021 2008
  • Bergstad, O. A., Falkenhaug, T., Astthorsson, O. S., Byrkjedal, I., Gebruk, A. V., Piatkowski, U., Priede, I. G., Santos, R. S., Vecchione, Michael, Lorance, P., and Gordon, J. D. M. 2008. "Towards improved understanding of the diversity and abundance patterns of the mid-ocean ridge macro- and megafauna." Deep-Sea Research. Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography 55 (1-2):1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.10.001 2008
  • Young, R. E., Vecchione, Michael, and Roper, Clyde F. E. 2007. "A new genus and three new species of decapodiform cephalopods (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)." Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 17 (2-3):353-365. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-007-9044-z 2007

• chapter

  • Jorgensen, L. L., Archambault, C., Armstrong, A., Dolgov, E., Edinger, T., and Vecchione, Michael. 2016. "Arctic marine biodiversity." in The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I, 705-728. United Nations. 2016
  • Koslow, J. Anthony, Auster, Peter, Bergstad, Odd Aksel, Roberts, J. Murray, Rogers, Alex, Vecchione, Michael, Bernal, Patricio, Harris, Peter, and Rice, Jake. 2016. "Biological Communities on Seamounts and Other Submarine Features Potentially Threatened by Disturbance." in The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I, 899-911. United Nations. 2016
  • Ingels, Jeroen, Clarke, M. R., Vecchione, Michael, and Gaever, Van S. 2016. "Open Ocean Deep Sea." in The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I, 685-704. United Nations. 2016
  • Ingels, Jeroen, Clark, Malcolm R., Vecchione, Michael, Perez, Jose Angel, and Levin, Lisa A. 2016. "Southern Ocean." in The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, World Ocean Assessment I, 729-748. United Nations. 2016
  • Judkins, H. L., Vecchione, Michael, and Roper, Clyde F. E. 2009. "Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico." in Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters and Biota Vol. 1, Biodiversity, edited by Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., 701-710. Texas A&M University Press. 2009
  • Vecchione, Michael, Allcock, Louise, Piatkowksi, Uwe, Jorgensen, Elaina, and Barratt, Iain. 2009. "Persistent Elevated Abundance of Octopods in an Overfished Antarctic Area." in Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar Year Science, edited by Krupnik, Igor, Lang, Michael A., and Miller, Scott E., 197-204. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.097884601X.14 2009

Activities

Responsible Collections Areas

• Cephalopoda
  Pteropoda

Affiliation

member of

• NMNH - Dept of Invertebrate Zoology

Other

Location

• National Museum of Natural History  Academic Department