The Extant Scleractinian Corals of New Zealand
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the Directors of the New Zealand Geological Survey, Wellington; the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, Wellington; the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland; the Dominion Museum, Wellington; the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, and the Otago Museum, Dunedin, for the loan of specimens. Also our thanks to Dr A. W. B. Powell, of the Auckland Institute and Museum, Dr R. Dell, of the Dominion Museum, and Dr G. Fleming of the Geological Survey, for helpful assistance in locating coral material and old records of N.Z. corals, and to Professor G. Knox, Canterbury University, Christchurch, for allowing us to publish along with descriptions of extant corals from mainland waters, our findings on the specimens taken during the 1954 Expedition to the Chatham Islands, and for other coral material from Banks Peninsula. Professor J. Morton, Auckland University, Dr E. J. Batham, Portobello Marine Biological Station, Otago, and Dr Beryl Brewin, University of Otago, have also kindly lent us coral specimens. We would also like to express our appreciation and thanks to Mr M. King, Victoria University, for the care he has taken in the preparation of the photographs for this paper.