NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs
The NIWA Biodiversity Memoir (NBM) series comprises technical works that describe New Zealand’s invertebrate marine life—sponges, corals, hydroids, worms, molluscs, crustaceans, sea stars and lesser-known groups. They are beautifully presented, stand-alone monographs that reveal the history and diversity of the subject groups, with new species names and revisionary work that is relevant globally.
These important publications are indispensable references for academic researchers and postgraduate students interested in marine systematics and the conservation of New Zealand’s unique aquatic biodiversity, much of which is found nowhere else in the world.
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All our NIWA Biodiversity Memoirs (NBM) are available for purchase (hard copy) or free download (PDF) below.
| Code | Authors |
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Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM127 | Lorz, A.-N.; Coleman, C.O. | 2013 | The marine fauna of New Zealand and the Ross Sea: Amphipoda, Synopiidae (Crustacea). | Arthropoda, Crustacea, deepsea, taxonomy |
 NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 127 (PDF, 56 MB, 160 p.) |
Buy hard copy ($35) |
| NBM128 | Sim-Smith, C.; Kelly, M. | 2015 | The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sponges in the family Geodiidae (Demospongiae: Astrophorina). | Sponge, Porifera, Astrophorida, Tetractinellida, taxonomy |
NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 128 (PDF, 6 MB, 102 p.) |
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| NBM129 | Cairns, S. D. | 2016 | The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Primnoid octocorals (Anthozoa, Alcyonacea) - Part 2. Primnoella, Callozostron, Metafannyella, Callogorgia, Fanellia and other genera. | Cnidaria, coral, gorgonian, Primnoidae, taxonomy |
NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 129 (PDF, 15 MB, 132 p.) |
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| NBM130 | Reiswig, H.M.; Kelly, M. | 2018 | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Euplectellid glass sponges (Hexactinellida, Lyssacinosida, Euplectellidae). | venus flowerbasket, glass sponge, Porifera, taxonomy |
NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 130 (In press) (PDF, 13 MB, 174 p.) |
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| NBM131 | Chang, F.H. | 2019 | The Marine Biota of New Zealand. Catalogue and description of the coccolithophores (Haptophyta, Coccolithophyceae), calcareous, scale-bearing microalgae, in New Zealand waters | coccolithophores, heterococcoliths, holococcoliths, cell abundances, New Zealand, taxonomy, biogeography, microalgae |
NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 131 (PDF, 11 MB, 128 p.) |
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| NBM132 | Schnabel, K.E. | 2020 | The Marine Fauna of New Zealand. Squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Chirostyloidea) | Arthropoda, squat lobster, taxonomy, galatheids, Chirostylidae, Eumunididae, Sternostylidae |
NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 132 (PDF, 21 MB, 356 p.) |
Buy hard copy ($50) |