[1] He served as the director of the National Museum of Natural History of Uruguay from 2009 to 2011 and was an honorary researcher at the institution from the late 1960s until his death.
Nouvelle classification pour l'ensemble de la classe," under the supervision of the Aix-Marseille University (Marine Station of Endoume).
He also worked as a technician at the former National Fisheries Institute and as a consultant in Marine Sciences for UNESCO in Montevideo and Paris.
He had the opportunity to be a visiting professor at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris and at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro for a brief period.
His prolific scientific output is reflected in hundreds of written pages on various topics related to marine biology.