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 Sort descending | Date | Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM125 | Ahyong, S.T. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: mantis shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda). | Arthropoda, Stomatopoda, Decapoda, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 125 (PDF, 5MB, 111p.) | Buy hard copy ($49) | |
| NBM123 | Ahyong, S.T. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: King crabs of New Zealand, Australia and the Ross Sea (Crustace: Decapoda: Lithodidae). | Arthropoda, Crustacea, crab, Decapoda, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 123 (PDF, 14MB, 194p.) | Buy hard copy ($65) | |
| NBM001 | Anon | Bibliography of New Zealand Oceanography 1949-1953. | Reference list, NZOI, DSIR, oceanographers, new zealand | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 1 (PDF, 8MB, 19p.) | ||
| NBM062 | Barnard, J.L. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Algae-living littoral Gammaridea (Crustacea Amphipoda). | Arthropoda, Crustacea, amphipods, sandhoppers, seaweed, Taxonomy, systematics | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 62 (PDF, 22MB, 216p.) | Buy hard copy ($59) | |
| NBM022 | Bennett, E.W. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustacea: Brachyura. | Arthropoda, crabs, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 22 (PDF, 38MB, 120p.) | Buy hard copy ($29) | |
| NBM051 | Bergquist, P.R. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 2. Axinellida and Halichondrida. | Sponge, systematics, demosponge, Axinella, Halichondrida, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 51 (PDF, 13MB, 85p.) | Buy hard copy ($26) | |
| NBM107 | Bergquist, P.R. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: Demospongiae part 5. Dendroceratida and Halisarcida. | Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 107 (PDF, 8MB, 53p.) | Buy hard copy ($40) | |
| NBM037 | Bergquist, P.R. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 1. (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). | Sponge, systematics, Hadromerida, Homosclerophorida, Choristida, Lithistid, Epipolasida, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 37 (PDF, 19MB, 105p.) | Buy hard copy ($26) | |
| NBM096 | Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). | Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 96 (PDF, 34MB, 197p.) | Buy hard copy ($55) | |
| NBM013 | Bergquist, P.R.; Pike, R.B.; Hurley, D.E.; Ralph, P.M. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 5. Porifera: Demospongiae; Porifera: Keratosa; Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae; Crustacea Isopoda: Serolidae; Hydroida. | Porifera, Sponge, Arthropoda, Crustacea, Isopoda, slater, Hydrozoa, hydroid, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 13 (PDF, 20MB, 73p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM087 | Bergquist, P.R.; Warne, K.P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 3. (Haplosclerida and Nepheliospongida). | Sponge, demosponge, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 87 (PDF, 11MB, 77p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM065 | Beu, A.G. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: The molluscan genera Cymatona and Fusitriton (Gastropoda, family Cymatiidae). | Mollusca, snails, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 65 (PDF, 31MB, 44p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM113 | Bouillon, J.; Barnett, T.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Hydromedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). | Cnidaria, hydroids, Jellyfish, jellies, systematics, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 113 (PDF, 31MB, 136p.) | Buy hard copy ($50) | |
| NBM111 | Bradford-Grieve, J.M. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metridinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiidae, Tortanidae. | Zooplankton, Arthropoda, copepods, systematics, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 111 (PDF, 51MB, 268p.) | Buy hard copy ($95) | |
| NBM102 | Bradford-Grieve, J.M. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid Copepoda. Families Megacalanidae, Calanidae, Paracalanidae, Mecynoceridae, Eucalanidae, Spinocalanidae, Clausocalanidae. | Zooplankton, Arthropoda, copepods, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 102 (PDF, 51MB, 160p.) | ||
| NBM067 | Bradford, J.M. | New parasitic Choniostomatidae (Copepoda) mainly from Antarctic and subantarctic Ostracoda. | Arthropoda, Crustacea, copepods, ostracods, systematics, parasitisim, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 67 (PDF, 20MB, 36p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM054 | Bradford, J.M. | Systematics and ecology of New Zealand central east coast plankton sampled at Kaikoura. | Copepoda, copepods, phytoplankton, Taxonomy, nutrients, primary production | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 54 (PDF, 18MB, 87p.) | Buy hard copy ($26) | |
| NBM090 | Bradford, J.M.; Haakonssen, L.; Jillett, J.B. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid copepods: Families Euchaetidae, Phaennidae, Scolecithricidae, Diaixidae, and Tharybidae. | Zooplankton, Arthropoda, Copepoda, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 90 (PDF, 28MB, 150p.) | Buy hard copy ($44) | |
| NBM086 | Bradford, J.M.; Jillett, J.B. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic calanoid copepods: Family Aetidiidae. | Zooplankton, Arthropoda, Copepoda, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 86 (PDF, 23MB, 102p.) | Buy hard copy ($30) | |
| NBM059 | Bradford, J.M.; Jones, N.S. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 8. Pelagic Copepoda. Cumacea. | Copepoda, copepods, Zooplankton, Cumacea, comma shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 59 (PDF, 8MB, 44p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) |