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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM134 | Sim-Smith, C.; Janussen, D.; Ríos, P.; Macpherson, D.; Kelly, M. | The Marine Biota of New Zealand: review of New Zealand and Antarctic latrunculid sponges with new taxa and new systematic arrangements within family Latrunculiidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) |
Sponge, Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae, Latrunculia, Latrunpagoda, Latrundiabolo, Aciculatrunculia | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 134 (PDF, 9MB, 144p.) | Buy hard copy ($35) | |
| NBM128 | Sim-Smith, C.; Kelly, M. | The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Sponges in the family Geodiidae (Demospongiae: Astrophorina). | Sponge, Porifera, Astrophorida, Tetractinellida, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 128 (PDF, 6MB, 102p.) | Buy hard copy ($35) | |
| NBM017 | Skerman, T.M. (Ed.) | Studies of a southern fiord. | Milford Sound, Fiordland, bathymetry, hydrology, sedimentation, microbiology, foraminifera, sulphur, pollen, benthic community, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Polychaeta, Echinodermata, Diatoms, temperature, salinity | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 17 (PDF, 18MB, 101p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM003 | Skerman, T.M. (Ed.) | Contributions to marine microbiology. | bacteria, microbes, hydrology, productivity, Taxonomy, oil, geology | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 3 (PDF, 10MB, 67p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM105 | Spencer, H.G.; Willan, R.C. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Index to the fauna. 3. Mollusca. | Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Reference list, taxonomists | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 105 (PDF, 26MB, 125p.) | Buy hard copy ($50) | |
| NBM020 | Squires, D.F. | Flabellum rubrum (Quoy and Gaimard). | Scleractinia, stony coral, Flabellidae, Monomyces, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 20 (PDF, 8MB, 43p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM019 | Squires, D.F. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 2. Scleractinian corals. | Antarctica, Cnidaria, stony coral, cup coral, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 19 (PDF, 6MB, 28p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM029 | Squires, D.F. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 6. Scleractinia. | Biology, Scleractinia, Cnidaria, hard coral, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 29 (PDF, 4MB, 31p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM043 | Squires, D.F.; Keyes, I.W. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinian corals. | Scleractinia, Cnidaria, hard coral, cup coral, stony coral, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 43 (PDF, 9MB, 54p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM088 | Stanton, B.R.; Pickard, G.L. | Physical oceanography of the New Zealand fiords. | Fiordland, currents, Freshwater, temperature, salinity | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 88 (PDF, 6MB, 37p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM050 | Summerhayes, C.P. | Marine geology of the New Zealand subantarctic sea floor. | Sediment, seafloor morphology, rocks, submarine features | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 50 (PDF, 20MB, 92p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM078 | Swanson, K.M. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Ostracods of the Otago Shelf. | Arthropoda, Crustacea, Ostracoda, seed shrimp, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 78 (PDF, 16MB, 56p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM027 | Tattersall, O.S.; Edmonds, S.J. | The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 4. Mysidacea. Sipunculoidea. | Antarctica, mysids, worms, Sipuncula, Arthropoda, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 27 (PDF, 6MB, 35p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM057 | Uttley, G.H.; Bullivant, J.S. | Biological results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. Part 7. Bryozoa Cheilostomata. | Bryozoa, Cheilostomata, Cheilostomatida, moss animal, sea lace, systematics, Taxonomy, CIE | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 57 (PDF, 11MB, 59p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM119 | Vervoot, W.; Watson, J.E. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (thecate hydroids). | Cnidaria, thecate hydroid, Taxonomy | NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119 (PDF, 7MB, 538p.) | Buy hard copy ($140) | |
| NBM068 | Vine, P.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Spirorbinae (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). | Annelida, worm, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 68 (PDF, 38MB, 68p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM092 | Wear, R.G.; Fielder, D.R. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Larvae of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda). | Arthropoda, Zoea, Megalopa, crab, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 92 (PDF, 14MB, 89p.) | Buy hard copy ($27) |