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.
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| Code Sort ascending NBM116 | Authors Clark, H.E.S.; McKnight, D.G. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars). Orders Paxillosida and Notomyotida. | Keywords Echinodermata, sea star, starfish, Asteroidea, Paxillosida, Notomyotida, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 116 (PDF, 35MB, 196p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($74) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM115 | Authors McKnight, D.G. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Basket-stars and snake-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Euryalinida). | Keywords Echinodermata, snake star, basketstar, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 115 (PDF, 16MB, 79p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($35) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM114 | Authors Forest, J.; de S. Laurent, M.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Lemaitre, R. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Paguridea (Decapoda: Anomura) exclusive of the Lithodidae. | Keywords Arthropoda, Crustacea, hermit crab, Paguroidea,taxonomy | Download PDF - free NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 114 (PDF, 61MB, 250p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($90) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM113 | Authors Bouillon, J.; Barnett, T.J. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). | Keywords Cnidaria, hydroids, Jellyfish, jellies, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 113 (PDF, 31MB, 136p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($50) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM112 | Authors O'Shea, S. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). | Keywords Mollusca, Incirrata, Cirrata, octopus, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112 (PDF, 55MB, 280p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($95) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM111 | Authors Bradford-Grieve, J.M. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metridinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiidae, Tortanidae. | Keywords Zooplankton, Arthropoda, copepods, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 111 (PDF, 51MB, 268p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($95) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM110 | Authors Forch, E.C. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Cephalopoda: Oegopsida: Architeuthidae (giant squid). | Keywords Mollusca, Architeuthis dux, Teuthida, Oegopsida, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 110 (PDF, 18MB, 113p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($45) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM109 | Authors Child, C.A. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pycnogonida (sea spiders). | Keywords Arthropoda, pycnogonids, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 109 (PDF, 12MB, 71p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($30) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM108 | Authors Knox, G.A.; Cameron, D.B. | Date | Title The marine fauna of the Ross Sea: Polychaeta. | Keywords Antarctica, Annelida, worm, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 108 (PDF, 27MB, 125p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($46) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM107 | Authors Bergquist, P.R. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarcida. | Keywords Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 107 (PDF, 8MB, 53p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($40) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM106 | Authors Schuchert, P. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). | Keywords Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Jellyfish, jellies, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 106 (PDF, 36MB, 147p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($57) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM105 | Authors Spencer, H.G.; Willan, R.C. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Index to the fauna. 3. Mollusca. | Keywords Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Reference list, taxonomists | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 105 (PDF, 26MB, 125p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($50) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM104 | Authors Heron, G.A.; Bradford-Grieve, J.M. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida: Oncaeidae. | Keywords Zooplankton, Arthropoda, copepods, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 104 (PDF, 9MB, 57p.) | Price |
| Code Sort ascending NBM103 | Authors Cairns, S.D. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). | Keywords Cnidaria, stony coral, cup coral, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 103 (PDF, 41MB, 144p.) | Price |
| Code Sort ascending NBM102 | Authors Bradford-Grieve, J.M. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid Copepoda. Families Megacalanidae, Calanidae, Paracalanidae, Mecynoceridae, Eucalanidae, Spinocalanidae, Clausocalanidae. | Keywords Zooplankton, Arthropoda, copepods, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 102 (PDF, 51MB, 160p.) | Price |
| Code Sort ascending NBM101 | Authors Lutschinger, S. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Chaetognatha (arrow worms). | Keywords Zooplankton, worm, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 101 (PDF, 11MB, 61p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($35) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM100 | Authors Dawson, E.W. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Index to the fauna. 2. Porifera. | Keywords Reference list, Sponge, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 100 (PDF, 13MB, 97p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($32) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM099 | Authors Dawson, E.W. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Index to the fauna. 1. Protozoa. | Keywords Reference list, foraminifera, Dinoflagellata, Phytomastigophora, Zoomastigophora, Sarcodina, Filosa, Actinopoda, Xenophyophorea, Granuloreticulosa, Ameoba, Labyrithulata, Microspora, Myxozoa, Acestospora, Ciliophora, Apicomplexa, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 99 (PDF, 40MB, 368p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($95) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM098 | Authors Cairns, S.D. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). | Keywords Cnidaria, hydrocoral, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 98 (PDF, 40MB, 179p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($70) |
| Code Sort ascending NBM097 | Authors Gordon, D.P. | Date | Title The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata (Cheilostomida Ascophorina) from the western South Island continental shelf and slope. | Keywords bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | Download PDF - free New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 97 (PDF, 30MB, 158p.) | Price Buy hard copy ($58) |