Igor Ivanovich Akimushkin (Russian: Игорь Иванович Акимушкин) (May 1, 1929 – 1993) was a Soviet zoologist and writer.

His first books, Tracks of beast you never met and Following the Legends, were published in 1961.

[citation needed] Igor Akimushkin wrote a large number of popular science books and made a significant contribution to science and made some discoveries by exploring the marine life.

The squid Cycloteuthis akimushkini was named in honour of Igor Akimushkin in 1968 by fellow zoologist Filippova.

[2] He worked at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences.