The University of Messina is still today a prestigious center of research into marine zoology at an international level.

Here he studied marine zoology and he published many papers along with James Wood-Mason and others.

Lütken specialized in marine zoology, being highly regarded for his research of echinoderms.

He was the first in the United States to undertake deep-sea dredging, and was an authority on marine zoölogy.

The topics covered a range of natural history topics in entomology, marine zoology, and botany.

He gained a Phd in marine zoology from the University of Wales.

Mrs. Sheldon was more than prepared to teach marine zoology.

In 1917, he was appointed an associate lecturer and was appointed a professor of marine zoology in 1927.

The museum has almost 30 million specimens representing marine zoology.

Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace frequently wrote to him about topics of marine zoology.