Colin Mackenzie Selbie (24 February 1889 – 14 July 1916) was a Scottish zoologist who worked in the Natural History Museum Dublin and took part in the Clare Island Survey.

[1] Though he had a short career, his impact on the Irish study of crustacea and myriapoda was noted by those he worked with.

[4] Under the guidance of Robert Francis Scharff, Selbie worked on crustacea and myriapoda, most notably on the specimens from the Fisheries cruiser the Helga and the Clare Island Survey.

[2] He named one crustacea, Palinurus thomsoni, in honour of his former Professor John Arthur Thomson.

[2] Selbie enlisted into the 15th Royal Scots Regiment on the outbreak of World War I as a private on 4 November 1914.