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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM120 | McKnight, D.G. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. | Echinodermata, sea star, starfish Asteroidea, Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 120 (PDF, 5MB, 187p.) | Buy hard copy ($75) | |
| NBM034 | Melrose, M.A. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Family Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). | Arthropoda, crab, systematics, hymenosomatids, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 34 (PDF, 38MB, 123p.) | Buy hard copy ($31) | |
| NBM085 | Millar, R.H. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ascidiacea. | Chordata, sea squirts, colonial, solitary, ascidian, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 85 (PDF, 21MB, 117p.) | Buy hard copy ($34) | |
| NBM081 | Norris, R.M. | Late Cenozoic geology of the west coast shelf between Karamea and the Waiho River, South Island, New Zealand. | Structural geology, physiography, stratigraphy, submarine features, rocks | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 81 (PDF, 5MB, 28p.) | ||
| NBM026 | Norris, R.M. | Sediments of the Chatham Rise. | geology, minerals, greensands, topography, sedimentology, glauconite, phosphorite | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 26 (PDF, 7MB, 39p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM112 | O'Shea, S. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). | Mollusca, Incirrata, Cirrata, octopus, systematics, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 112 (PDF, 55MB, 280p.) | Buy hard copy ($95) | |
| NBM014 | Pantin, H.M. | Submarine morphology east of the North Island, New Zealand. | geology, coastal, echosounding, seafloor morphology, canyons, sea valleys, bank, trench, faults | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 14 (PDF, 6MB, 43p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM060 | Pantin, H.M. | Internal structure in marine shelf, slope, and abyssal sediments east of New Zealand. | sedimentation, organic, inorganic, geology, cores | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 60 (PDF, 11MB, 53p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM028 | Pantin, H.M. | Sedimentation in Hawke Bay. | Hawke's Bay, geology, authigenic minerals, sediments, topography, sedimentology | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 28 (PDF, 13MB, 70p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM077 | Pasho, D.W. | Pasho, D.W.Distribution and morphology of Chatham Rise phosphorites. | geology, nodules, geomorphology, geochemistry, mineralogy, foraminifera | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 77 (PDF, 6MB, 28p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM042 | Pawson, D.L. | The echinozoan fauna of the New Zealand subantarctic islands, Macquarie Island, and the Chatham Rise. | Echinodermata, Echinoidea, sea urchin, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, checklist, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 42 (PDF, 7MB, 33p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM052 | Pawson, D.L. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). | Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, sea cucumber, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 52 (PDF, 13MB, 69p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM080 | Rainer, S.F. | Soft-bottom benthic communities in Otago Harbour and Blueskin Bay, New Zealand. | ecology, fauna, bathymetry, estuary, macrofauna | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 80 (PDF, 7MB, 38p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM130 | Reiswig, H.M.; Kelly, M. | 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, 13MB, 174p.) | Buy hard copy ($35) | |
| NBM124 | Reiswig, H.M.; Kelly, M. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Hexasterophoran glass sponges of New Zealand (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Hesasterophora): orders Hexastinosida, Aulocalycoida and Lychniscosida). | glass sponge, Porifera, Hexactinosida, Hexactinellida, Taxonomy | NIWA biodiversity memoir 124 (PDF, 15MB, 176p.) | Buy hard copy ($59) | |
| NBM075 | Ridgway, N.M. | Hydrology of the Bounty Islands region. | currents, salinity, temperature, Oceanography, Circulation | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 75 (PDF, 3MB, 27p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM056 | Ridgway, N.M. | Hydrology of the southern Kermadec Trench region. | currents, salinity, temperature, Oceanography, Circulation | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 56 (PDF, 7MB, 28p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM073 | Ridgway, N.M.; Heath, R.A. 1975. | Hydrology of the Kermadec Islands region. | currents, salinity, temperature, Oceanography, Circulation | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 73 (PDF, 5MB, 28p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM132 | Schnabel, K.E. | The Marine Fauna of New Zealand. Squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Chirostyloidea) | Arthropoda, Squat lobster, Taxonomy, galatheids, Chirostylidae, Eumunididae, Sternostylidae | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 132 (PDF, 21MB, 356p.) | Buy hard copy ($50) | |
| NBM106 | Schuchert, P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Athecate hydroids and their medusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). | Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Jellyfish, jellies, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 106 (PDF, 36MB, 147p.) | Buy hard copy ($57) |