On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

An example of a living species of Monoraphis, M. chuni. (Photo: reproduced with permission from Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). (2002). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer/Plenum.)