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 | Date Sort descending | Title | Keywords | Download PDF - free | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBM076 | Dawson, E.W. | Catalogue of type and figured specimens in the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute. | holotype, paratype, Taxonomy, systematics, Protozoa, Porifera, Coelenterata, Cnidaria, Annelida, Sipunculida, Arthropoda, Mollusca, Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Echinodermata, Chordata | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 76 (PDF, 3MB, 110p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM084 | Lewis, K.B. | Foraminifera on the continental shelf and slope off southern Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. | Forams, Protozoa, distribution, biofacies, systematics | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 84 (PDF, 8MB, 45p.) | 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) | |
| 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) | |
| NBM061 | McCann, C.; McKnight, D.G. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Macrourid fishes (Pisces: Gadida). | Fish, Chordata, rattails, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 61 (PDF, 10MB, 91p.) | Buy hard copy ($27) | |
| 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) | |
| NBM089 | Herzer, R.H. | Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Canterbury continental shelf, New Zealand. | geology, sedimentology, bathymetry, geomorphology, topography, gravel, sand, mud | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 89 (PDF, 14MB, 71p.) | Buy hard copy ($30) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| NBM091 | Gordon, D.P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata from the Kermadec Ridge. | bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 91 (PDF, 39MB, 198p.) | Buy hard copy ($55) | |
| 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) | |
| NBM094 | Lincoln, R.J. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Deep-sea Isopoda Asellota, family Haploniscidae. | Arthropoda, Crustacea, slater, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 94 (PDF, 9MB, 56p.) | Buy hard copy ($25) | |
| NBM093 | Carter, R.M.; Carter, L.; Williams, J.J.; Landis, C.A. | Modern and relict sedimentation on the South Otago continental shelf, New Zealand. | geology, sedimentology, facies, stratigraphy, shorelines | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 93 (PDF, 8MB, 43p.) | ||
| NBM095 | Gordon, D.P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata (Ctenostomata and Cheilostomata Anasca) from the western South Island continental shelf and slope. | bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 95 (PDF, 20MB, 121p.) | Buy hard copy ($45) | |
| 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) | |
| NBM097 | Gordon, D.P. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Bryozoa: Gymnolaemata (Cheilostomida Ascophorina) from the western South Island continental shelf and slope. | bryozoan, lace coral, moss animal, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 97 (PDF, 30MB, 158p.) | Buy hard copy ($58) | |
| NBM098 | Cairns, S.D. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). | Cnidaria, hydrocoral, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 98 (PDF, 40MB, 179p.) | Buy hard copy ($70) | |
| NBM099 | Dawson, E.W. | The marine fauna of New Zealand: Index to the fauna. 1. Protozoa. | Reference list, foraminifera, Dinoflagellata, Phytomastigophora, Zoomastigophora, Sarcodina, Filosa, Actinopoda, Xenophyophorea, Granuloreticulosa, Ameoba, Labyrithulata, Microspora, Myxozoa, Acestospora, Ciliophora, Apicomplexa, systematics, Taxonomy | New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 99 (PDF, 40MB, 368p.) | Buy hard copy ($95) |