The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea)

This monograph was supported by Foundation for
Research, Science and Technology (FRST) programme
Biodiversity of New Zealand Aquatic Environments, contract
FRST COx02 9 (200 –2005), and subsequently
FRST C0 x0502 (July 2005–2007).
Many of the specimens referred to in this monograph
were obtained via the R.V Tangaroa, operating
for diverse FRST and Ministry of Fisheries contracts
under program and/or cruise management of Dr
Steve O’Shea, Don McKnight, Dr Malcolm Clark, Dr
Ashley Rowden, Dr Scott Nodder, Dr Helen Neil, Dr
Anne-Nina Lörz, including the following programs in
their various iterations: Ocean Ecosystems (C0 x0223,
C0 x0027), Earth–Ocean Change (C0 x0203), Seamounts:
their importance for fisheries and marine ecosystems
(C0 x0224) and Biodiversity survey of the western Ross
Sea (ZBD200303). Funding for the joint New Zealand–Netherlands
research initiative (TAN0 6) was
also provided ALW-NWO (subsidy 835.20.008 to Dr
G.C.A. Duineveld, “Frontal Organic matter Governing
ecosystem Structure FROGS”).
I gratefully acknowledge being allowed long-term
loans of material from: National Museum of New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa (Rick Webber), the Australian
Museum (Penny Berents), Museum Victoria (Gary
Poore), Queensland Museum (Peter Davie), South
Australian Museum (Wolfgang Zeidler), and Western
Australian Museum (Diana Jones).
I thank Drs Alain Crosnier and Danielle Defaye,
and the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris
for arranging and supporting my study visits in 2005,
and 2007 that contributed new species and numerous
distributional records; for assistance with collections
and equipment, I thank, too, Dr Danielle Defaye, Dr
Nguen Ngoc-Ho, Régis Cleva, Gabrielle Gadaleta (all
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Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle); and, finally,
thanks to Dr Bertrand Richer de Forges (Institut de
Recherche pour la Développement, Nouvelle Calédonie)
for bringing additional material to my notice and
for managing the field acquisition of these excellent
collections and providing recently collected samples
at short notice.
I thank all others who kindly lent material referred
to or otherwise provided assistance in the preparation
and completion of this monograph: Paul Callomom
(Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia); Dr Alain
Crosnier, Dr Danielle Defaye, Régis Cleva and Gabriel
Gadaleta (all MNHN, Paris); Todd Landers (Auckland
Institute and Museum); Ms Miranda Lowe (NHM
London); Dr Noburu Nunomura (Toyama Science
Museum); Marilyn Schotte, Cheryl Bright and the late
Brian Kensley (USNM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC); Dr Tin-yam Chan (Institute of Marine
Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University); Dr Regina
Wetzer (LACM, Los Angeles); Dr Jørgen Olesen,
who sourced rare and obscure literature (Zoological
Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University
of Copenhagen); thanks to Dr A.L. Vereshchaka
(Institute of Oceanology, Moscow) who hand-carried
types of Kussakin’s specimens from Moscow to New
Zealand (and back). Dr Richard Taylor (Leigh Marine
Laboratory, University of Auckland) and Mr Steve
Lowe (fisherman, Leigh, Auckland) are thanked for
supplying specimens.
Sylvie Bruce (Brisbane) inked and lettered all the
original illustrations, over several years, with patience
and care, for which I thank her. Ms Denise Seabright
(MTQ, Townsville) proof read the text and assisted
with final figure scanning and preparation.