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Bruce, N. L The marine fauna of New Zealand: Isopoda, Aegidae (Crustacea). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 122: 1-252.

Bruce, N. L. A New species of Joeropsis Koehler, 1885 (Isopoda, Asellota: Joeropsididae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Crustaceana.

2008

Bruce, N. L. 2008. New species of Tridentella Richardson, 1905 (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Tridentellidae), tropical marine isopod crustaceans from the Banda Sea, Indonesia. Zootaxa 1734: 43-58.

Bruce, N. L. 2008. New species and a new genus of Cirolanidae (Isopoda: Crustacea) from groundwater in calcretes in the Pilbarra, northern Western Australia. Zootaxa 1823: 51-64.

Bruce, N. L. 2008. Two new deep-water species of Caecoserolis Waegele, 1994 (Isopoda, Sphaeromatidea, Serolidae) from off North Island, New Zealand. In: Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Eds Martinez, A.P. & Brix, S. Zootaxa 1866: 453-466.

Brix, S. and N. L. Bruce. 2008. Prochelator tupuhi sp. nov., the first record of Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 (Crustacea: Asellota: Isopoda) from New Zealand waters. In: Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity. Eds Martinez, A.P. & Brix, S. Zootaxa 1866: 482-492.

Bruce, N. L. and R. Wetzer. 2008. New Zealand exports: Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 (Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), a Southern Hemisphere genus introduced to the Pacific coast of North America. Zootaxa 1908: 51-56.

Loerz, A.-N. and N. L. Bruce. 2008. Sphaeromatid isopod (Crustacea: Peracarida) assemblages in an algae-sponge association at North Stradbroke Island, southeastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Nature 57(2): 53-55.

2007

Wetzer, R. and N. L. Bruce. 2007. A new species of Paradella Harrison & Holdich, 1982 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Baja California, Mexico, with a key to East Pacific species. Zootaxa 1512: 39-49.

2006

Schnabel, K. E. and N. L. Bruce. 2006. New records of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Galatheidae) from New Zealand with description of two new species from a seamount and underwater canyon. Zootaxa 1172: 49-67.

Bruce, N. L. 2007. A new species of Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908 (Sphaeromatidae: Isopod: Crustacea) from intertidal marine habitats in New Zealand. Zootaxa 1220: 19-34.

Yu, H. and N. L. Bruce. 2007. Aega sheni, a new species of Aegidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoida) from the southern China and Australia. Zootaxa 1224: 23-31.

Bruce, N. L. and A. Brandt. 2007. Cirolana mclaughlinae sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoida, Cirolanidae) from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, the most southerly record for the genus. Zoosystema 28(2): 315-324.

Yu, H. and N. L. Bruce. 2007. Redescription of Lobothorax typus Bleeker, 1857 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), the first record of the species and genus from Chinese waters. Crustaceana 79(6): 641-648.

Brandt, A. and N. L. Bruce. 2007. Edotia tangaroa sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Idoteidae) from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica. Zootaxa 1313: 57-68.

Merrin, K. and N. L. Bruce. 2007. Two new species of the deep-water asellotan genus Notopais Hodgson, 1910 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Munnopsididae) from the southwestern Pacific. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 47(3): 227-236.

Bruce, N. L. 2007. Provisional list of the marine and freshwater isopods (Crustacea) of New Caledonia. In Richer de Forges, B. & C. Payri (Ed.) Compendium of marine species of New Caledonia. Documents scientifiques et techniques. Volume special II 7, Vol. IRD, Noumea, pp. 233-237.

2005

Bruce, N. L. and S. Herrando-Perez. 2005. Kensleylana briani, a new genus and species of freshwater cave-dwelling cirolanid (Crustacea: Isopoda) from Spain. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(1): 74-83.

Bruce, N. L. 2005. New sphaeromatids (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from coastal and freshwater habitats in New Zealand. Zootaxa 1002: 1-20.

Rocha-Ramirez, A., R. Chavez-Lopez, and N. L. Bruce. 2005. Elthusa alvaradoensis n. sp. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) from the gill chamber of the lizardfish, Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766). Crustaceana 78(6): 701-707.

Fukuoka, K. and N. L. Bruce. 2005. A new species of Tenagomysis (Crustacea: Mysida: Mysidae) from New Zealand with notes on three Tenagomysis species. Zootaxa 878: 1-15.

Bruce, N. L. 2005. Two new species of the mesopelagic isopod genus Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from southwestern Pacific. Zootaxa 1070: 31-42.

Vega, F. J., N. L. Bruce, L. Serrano, G. A. Bishop, M. del C. Perrillia. 2005. Review of the lower cretaceous (Tlayua Formation: Albian) Crustacea from Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla, central Mexico. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 32: 25-30.

2004

Bruce, N. L. 2004. Cirolana mercuryi sp. nov., a distinctive cirolanid isopod (Flabellifera) from the coral reefs of Zanzibar, East Africa. Crustaceana 76(9): 1071-1081.

Bruce, N. L. 2004. New species of the Cirolana 'parva-group' (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from coastal habitats around New Zealand. Species Diversity 9(1): 47-66.

Bruce, N. L. 2004. Mexicope sushara sp. nov., the first New Zealand record of the isopod crustacean family Acanthaspidiidae (Asellota). Zootaxa 489: 1-11.

Bruce, N. L. 2004. Reassessment of the isopod crustacean Aega deshaysiana (Milne Edwards, 1840) (Cymothoida: Aegidae) - a world-wide complex of twenty-one species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142: 1-99.

Bruce, N. L. 2004. New Zealands cirolanid isopods - highlighting the diversity of these marine garbage cleaners. Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity 7: 4-5.

Bruce, N. L. and R. Wetzer. 2004. Paradella tiffany sp. nov., a distinctive sphaeromatid isopod crustacean (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidea) from Baja California, Mexico. Zootaxa 263: 1-12.

Sket, B. and N. L. Bruce. 2004. Sphaeromatids (Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from New Zealand fresh and hypogean waters, with description of Bilistra n. gen. and three new species. Crustaceana 76(11): 1347-1370.

Bruce, N. L. 2004. Hadromastax dinamoraze sp. nov., the first occurrence of the family Hadromastaciidae Bruce & Muller, 1991 (Isopoda, Crustacea, Flabellifera) in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 38(23-24): 3113-3122.

Bruce, N. L. and S. Bussarawit. 2004. S. Bathynomus lowryi sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae), the first record of the 'giant' marine isopod genus from Thailand waters. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 65(1): 1-9.

Bruce, N. L. 2004. Isopoda: Crustacea. In Yule, C. M. and H. S. Young (eds.) The Freshwater Invertebrates of Malaysian Region, pp. 289-306. Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Singapore.

Loerz, A.-N. and N. L. Bruce 2004. NIWA's marine invertebrate collections: a treasure chest for biodiversity research. Water and Atmosphere 12(3): 21.

Loerz, A.-N. and N. L. Bruce 2004. A treasure chest of marine animals. Center for Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity Update 8: 2.

2003

Bruce, N. L. 2003. Giant marine 'mosquitoes'. Water and Atmosphere 9(3): 4.

Bruce, N. L. 2003. On the look-out for introduced marine isopods Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity 5: 8.

Bruce, N. L. and J. Svavarsson. 2003. A new genus and species of cirolanid isopod (Crustacea) from Zanzibar, Tanzania, Western Indian Ocean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44(1): 1-12.

Bruce, N. L. 2003. A new deep-water species of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Chatham Rise, eastern New Zealand. Zootaxa 265: 1-12.

Bruce, N. L. 2003. New genera and species of shallow water Sphaeromatidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) from Australian marine coastal waters. Memoirs Museum of Victoria 60(2): 309-369.

2002

Bruce, N. L. 2002. Tridentella rosemarie sp. nov., (Crustacea: Isopoda: Tridentellidae) from northern New Zealand waters. Crustaceana 75: 159-170.

Bruce, N. L. 2002. Review of: Martin, J.W. and Davis, G.E., An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Invertebrate Systematics 16(5): 837-838.

Bruce, N. L. 2002. Parasites and predators - New Zealand's aegid isopod crustaceans. Biodiversity Update 5: 8.

Bruce, N. L. and D. M. Holdich. 2002. Revision of the isopod crustacean genus Campecopea (Flabellifera: Sphaeromatidae) with discussion of phylogenetic significance dorsal processes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82: 51-68.

Bruce, N. L., M. Berggren, and S. Bussawarit. 2002. Biodiversity of Crustacea of the Andaman Sea. Proceedings of the International Workshop on the Biodiversity of Crustacea in the Andaman Sea, Phuket Marine Biological Center, 29 November-20 December 1998. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication.

Bruce, N. L., H. M. Lewton, and G. C. B. Poore. 2002. Family Cirolanidae Dana, 1852. Pp. 138-157. In Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida and Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19.2A. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

Bruce, N. L., H. M. Lewton, and G. C. B. Poore. 2002. Family Aegidae White, 1850. Pp. 159-163. In Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida and Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19.2A. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

Bruce, N. L., H. M. Lewton, and G. C. B. Poore. 2002. Family Corallanidae Hansen, 1890. Pp. 164-167. In Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida and Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19.2A. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

Bruce, N. L., H. M. Lewton, and G. C. B. Poore. 2002. Family Cymothoidae Leach, 1814. Pp. 168-183. In Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida and Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19.2A. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

Bruce, N. L. and J. Olesen. 2002. Cirolanid isopods from the Andaman Sea off Phuket, Thailand, with description of two new species. Pages 117-138. In Biodiversity of Crustacea of the Andaman Sea, Phuket Marine Biological Center, 29 November-20 December 1998. (N. L. Bruce, M. Berggren, and S. Bussawarit, eds.). Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publications.

Poore, G. C. B., H. M. Lewton, and N. L. Bruce. 2002. Family Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825. Pp. 221-252. In Crustacea: Malacostraca: Syncarida and Peracarida: Isopoda, Tanaidacea, Mictacea, Thermosbaenacea, Spelaeogriphacea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 19.2A. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).

Webber, R. and N. L. Bruce. 2002. Thriving blind-New Zealand's first volcanic vent shrimps. Biodiversity Update 5: 6-7.

2001

Brökeland, W., J. W. Wägele, and N. L. Bruce. 2001. Paravireia holdichi n. sp., an enigmatic isopod crustacean form the Canary Islands with affinities to species from New Zealand. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 1: 83-98.

Bruce, N. L. 2001. Marine isopod crustaceans in New Zealand. Water and Atmosphere 9: 12-13.

Bruce, N. L. 2001. Review of: Isopod Systematics and Evolution Kensley, B. & R.C. Brusca (eds). Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(4): 1082-1084.

Bruce, N. L. 2001. Redescription of the South African sphaeromatid isopod genera Artopoles Barnard, 1920, Parasphaeroma Stebbing, 1902 and Stathmos Barnard, 1940. Crustaceana 74: 1102-1117.

Bruce, N. L. 2001. Review of Kensley, B. and Brusca, R.C., eds. 2001. Isopod systematics and Evolution. Crustacean Issues, 13. A.A. Balkema. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21: 1082-1084.

Kensley, B. and N. L. Bruce. 2001. Redescription of Dynameniscus carinatus (Richardson, 1900) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114: 188-196.

2000

Svavarsson, J. and N. L. Bruce. 2000. Redescription of the cosmopolitan meso- and bathypelagic cirolanid Metacirolana caeca (Hansen, 1916) comb. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda). Steenstrupia 25: 147-158.

1999

Bruce, N. L. 1999. About the order Isopoda. Pp. 302-306. Pages 1-321 In Crustacea Guide of the World (H. Debelius, ed.) IKAN, Frankfurt.

Wetzer, R. and N. L. Bruce. 1999. A new genus and species of sphaeromatid isopod (Crustacea) from Atlantic Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112: 368-380.

1997

Biju Kumar, A. and N. L. Bruce. 1997. Elthusa samariscii (Shiino, 1951) (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) parasitizing Samaris cristatus Gray, 1831 off the Kerala coast, India. Crustaceana 70: 780-787.

Bruce, N. L. 1997. A new genus of marine isopod (Crustacea: Flabellifera: Sphaeromatidae) from Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 56: 145-234.

Bruce, N. L. 1997. A new species of Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from eastern Australia with a revised diagnosis to the genus. Records of the Australian Museum 49: 113-120.

Bruce, N. L. 1997. Kempetanglus - havets skraldemend. Dyr 1997 Nr. 2: 28-31 (in Danish).

Bruce, N. L. 1997. Isopoda. Pages 1-448 In A Guide to the Seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean Islands (M. D. Richmond, ed.) Sida, SAREC, Stockholm, Sweden.

Keable, S. J. and N. L. Bruce. 1997. Redescription of the North Atlantic and Mediterranean species of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 77: 655-705.

1996

Bruce, N. L. 1996. Crustacea Isopoda: Some Cirolanidae from the MUSORSTOM Cruises off New Caledonia. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 15. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 168: 147-166.

Bruce, N. L. 1996. Aega komai, a new species of marine isopod crustacean (Aegidae: Flabellifera) from Japan. Crustacean Research 25: 129-136.

Bruce, N. L. and A. G. Soares. 1996. Taxonomy and ecology of sandy beach Eurydice (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the West coast of South Africa. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 37: 77-98.

Williams, Jr., E. H., L. Bunkley-Williams, R. H. Boulon, Jr., K. L. Eckert, and N. L. Bruce. 1996. Excorallana acuticauda (Isopoda, Corallinidae) an associate of leatherback turtles in the northeastern Caribbean, with a summary of isopods recorded from sea turtles. Crustaceana 69: 1014-1017.

1995

Bruce, N. L. 1995. Cirolana and related marine isopod crustacean genera (family Cirolanidae) from the coral reefs of Madang, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 35: 375-413.

Bruce, N. L. 1995. Range extension of the mangrove dwelling isopod genus Ceratolana Bowman (Cirolanidae). Crustaceana 68: 123-125.

Bruce, N. L. 1995. Comment on the proposed conservation of Lironeca Leach, 1818 (Crustacea, Isopoda) as the correct original spelling. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52: 69.

Bruce, N. L. 1995. Redescription of the tropical pelagic oceanic cirolanid genus Pontogelos Stebbing, 1910 (Crustacea, Isopoda). Steenstrupia 21: 37-48.

Bruce, N. L. 1995. The taxonomy and phylogeny of tube-tailed sphaeromatid isopods (Crustacea) with descriptions of new species and a new genus from southern Australia. Ophelia 43: 127-180.

Bruce, N. L. and J. Olesen. 1995. Natatolana nukumbutho, a new species (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from deep water off Suva, Fiji. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108: 212-219.

1994

Bruce, N. L. 1994. The Cassidininae Hansen, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) of Australia. Journal of Natural History 28: 1077-1173.

Bruce, N. L. 1994. Redescription of three poorly known sphaeromatid genera (Crustacea: Isopoda) from south-eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54: 149-170.

Bruce, N. L. 1994. Four new genera of marine isopod crustaceans (Sphaeromatidae) from eastern and southern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54: 399-438.

Bruce, N. L. 1994. New records of marine isopod crustaceans (Sphaeromatidae) from Hawaiian waters. Crustaceana 67: 381-386.

Bruce, N. L. 1994. The marine isopod Neocirolana Hale, 1925 (Crustacea: Cirolanidae) from tropical Australian waters. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 37: 41-51.

Bruce, N. L., L. R. G. Cannon, and R. Adlard. 1994. Synoptic checklist of ascaridoid parasites (Nematoda) from fish hosts. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 583-674.

1993

Bruce, N. L. 1993. Two new genera of marine isopod crustaceans (Flabellifera: Sphaeromatidae) from southern Australia, with a reappraisal of the Sphaeromatidae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 151-171.

Bruce, N. L. 1993. Redescription of the overlooked crustacean isopod genus Xenuraega (Aegidae Flabellifera). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 73: 617-625.

Bruce, N. L. 1993. Two new genera of marine isopod crustaceans (Cirolanidae) from Madang, Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 31: 1-15.

Bruce, N. L. 1993. Crustacea: Ostracoda, Copepoda, Phyllocarida and Peracarida. Pages 101-107 In A Coral Reef Handbook. A Guide to the Geology, Flora and Fauna of the Great Barrier Reef (P. Mather, and I. Bennet, eds.). Surrey Beattie & Sons, Sydney.

Bruce, N. L. and W. F. Humphreys. 1993. Haptolana pholeta, sp. nov., the first subterranean flabelliferan isopod crustacean (Cirolanidae) from Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 875-884.

Bruce, N. L. and T. M. Iliffe. 1993. Anopsilana conditoria, a new species of anchialine troglobitic cirolanid isopod (Crustacea) from the Philippines. Stygologia 7: 225-230.

1992

Bruce, N. L. 1992. A new genus of hemibranchiate sphaeromatid isopod crustacean from tropical Western Australia. Journal of Natural History 26: 1263-1272.

Bruce, N. L. 1992. Anopsilana barnardi, a new species of estuarine cirolanid crustacean isopod from tropical eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 32: 1-8.

1991

Bruce, N. L. 1991. Two new species of Renocila from off the tropical Australian coasts (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8: 159-168.

Bruce, N. L. 1991. New records of marine isopod crustaceans (Sphaeromatidae, Cirolanidae) from southeastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 52: 263-275.

Bruce, N. L. 1991. Palaega. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48: 58.

Bruce, N. L. and H.-G. Müller. 1991. A new family for the isopod crustacean genus Hadromastax Bruce, 1988, with a description of a new species from the Society Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 51-58.

1990

Bruce, N. L. 1990. The genera Catoessa, Elthusa, Ichthyoxenus, Idusa, Livoneca and Norileca n.gen. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes, with descriptions of eastern Australian species. Records of the Australian Museum 42: 247-300.

Bruce, N. L. 1990. New records of isopod crustaceans (Flabellifera) from Hong Kong. Pages 549-554 In Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1986 (B. Morton, ed.) Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.

Bruce, N. L. 1990. Hysterothylacium Ward and Magath, 1917 and Ichthyascaris Wu, 1949, ascaridoid nematodes from Australian demersal fishes. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 389-426.

Bruce, N. L. 1990. The first record of the ascaridoid nematode Hysterothylacium scomberomori (Yamaguti) from Australian Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepede). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 427-434.

Bruce, N. L. and L. R. G. Cannon. 1990. Ascaridoid nematodes from sharks from Australia and the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 763-783.

1989

Bruce, N. L. and T. E. Bowman. 1989. Species of the parasitic isopod genera Ceratothoa and Glossobius (Crustacea: Cymothoidae) from the mouths of flying fishes and halfbeaks (Beloniformes). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 489: 1-28.

Bruce, N. L. and L. R. G. Cannon. 1989. Hysterothylacium, Iheringascaris and Maricostula new genus nematodes (Ascaridoidea) from Australian pelagic marine fishes. Journal of Natural History 23: 1397-1441.

Wägele, J.-W. and N. L. Bruce. 1989. Natatolana pastorei (Giambiagi, 1925) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Straits of Magellan, South America: Redescription and notes on functional morphology. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102: 95-105.

1988

Bruce, N. L. 1988. Two new species of Tridentella (Crustacea, Isopoda, Tridentellidae) from New Zealand. National Museum of New Zealand Records 3: 71-79.

Bruce, N. L. 1988. Hadromastax merga, a new genus and species of marine isopod crustacean (Limnoriidae) from southeastern Australia, with discussion on the status of the families Keuphyliidae and Lynseiidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 346-353.

Bruce, N. L. 1988. Aega leptonica, a new species of aegid isopod crustacean from the tropical western Atlantic, with notes on Rocinela oculata Harger and Rocinela kapala, new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 95-101.

Bruce, N. L. and E. B. Harrison-Nelson. 1988. New records of fish parasitic marine isopod crustaceans (Cymothoidae, subfamily Anilocrinae) from the Indo-west Pacific. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 585-602.

1987

Bruce, N. L. 1987. Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910, and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39:85-130.

Bruce, N. L. 1987. Australian species of Nerocila Leach, 1818, and Creniola n. gen. (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 355-412.

Bruce, N. L. 1987. Australian Renocila Miers, 1880 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum 39: 169-182.

Bruce, N. L. and W. Javed. 1987. A new genus and two new species of cirolanid isopod Crustacea from the northern Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History 21: 1451-1460.

1986

Botosaneanu, L., N. L. Bruce, and J. Notenboom. 1986. Isopoda: Cirolanidae. Pages 412-422 In Stygiofauna Mundi. A Faunistic, Distributional, and Ecological Synthesis of the World Fauna Inhabiting Subterranean Waters (Including the Marine Interstitial) (L. Botosaneanu, ed.) E.J. Brill, Leiden.

Bruce, N. L. 1986. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 6: 1-239.

Bruce, N. L. 1986. Revision of the isopod crustacean genus Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 (Cymothoidae: Flabellifera), parasitic on marine fishes. Journal of Natural History 20: 1089-1192.

1985

Bruce, N. L. 1985. Biremia ambocerca n.gen., n.sp., the first record of the marine isopod crustacean family Bathynataliidae from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 37: 295-299.

Bruce, N. L. 1985. Calyptolana hancocki, a new genus and species of marine isopod (Cirolanidae) from Aruba, Netherland Antilles, with a synopsis of Cirolanidae known from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Crustacean Biology 5: 707-716.

1984

Bruce, N. L. 1984. A new family for the isopod crustacean genus Tridentella Richardson, 1905, with description of a new species from Fiji. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 80: 447-455.

1983

Bruce, N. L. 1983. Aegidae (Isopoda: Crustacea) from Australia with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Natural History 17: 757-788.

Bruce, N. L. 1983. Diagnosis of Pseudolana towrae sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from New South Wales, Australia. Crustaceana 45: 200-202.

Bruce, N. L. and J. Ellis. 1983. Cirolana cranchi Leach, 1818 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) redescribed, with notes on its distribution. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 44: 75-84.

Fields, E. J., I. C. Johnson, and N. L. Bruce. 1983. Survey of the Mary River macrofauna Supplementary Report. Pages 1-30. Zoology Department, University of Queensland.

1982

Bruce, N. L. 1982. Species of Argathona Stebbing, 1905 (Isopoda, Corrallanidae) new to Australia, with description of two new species. Crustaceana 42: 12-25.

Bruce, N. L. 1982. On the genus Corallana Dana, 1852 (Isopoda, Corallanidae) with description of a new species from Western Australia. Crustaceana 42: 241-249.

Bruce, N. L. 1982. On a small collection of marine Isopoda (Crustacea) from Hong Kong. Pages 315-324. In The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (B. S. Morton, and K. Tseng, eds.). Hong Kong.

Bruce, N. L. 1982. The genus Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from eastern Australia, with description of new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 447-453.

Bruce, N. L. 1982. Cirolana chaloti Bouvier (Isopoda, Cirolanidae), a long overlooked species from West Africa. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 4e sér., 4, section A: 257-259.

Bruce, N. L. 1982. Records of isopod Crustacea (Corallanidae, Cirolanidae) from Papua New Guinea, with the description of a new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 2: 612-618.

Bruce, N. L. and T. E. Bowman. 1982. The status of Cirolana parva Hansen, 1890 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) with notes on its distribution. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95: 325-333.

Bruce, N. L., R. C. Brusca, and P. M. Delaney. 1982. The status of the isopod families Corallanidae Hansen, 1980, and Excorallanidae Stebbing, 1904 (Flabellifera). Journal of Crustacean Biology 2: 464-468.

1981

Bowman, T. E., N. L. Bruce, and J. D. Standing. 1981. Recent introduction of the cirolanid isopod crustacean Cirolana arcuata into San Francisco Bay. Journal of Crustacean Biology 1: 545-557.

Bruce, N. L. 1981. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia: Diagnoses of Cirolana Leach, Metacirolana Nierstrasz, Neocirolana Hale, Anopsilana Paulian & Debouteville, and three new genera - Natatolana, Politolana and Caretolana. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 945-966.

Bruce, N. L. 1981. The Cirolanidae (Crustacea:Isopoda) of Australia: new species and a new genus from southeastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 33: 644-672.

Bruce, N. L. 1981. New records of Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Tanzanian coast of East Africa. Journal of Crustacean Biology 1: 457-460.

Bruce, N. L. 1981. Redescription of the isopod (Crustacea) family Phoratopodidae. Beaufortia 31: 107-110.

Bruce, N. L. and D. A. Jones. 1981. The systematics and ecology of some cirolanid isopods from southern Japan. Journal of Natural History 15: 67-85.

Holdich, D. M., K. Harrison, and N. L. Bruce. 1981. Cirolanid isopods from the Townsville region of Queensland, Australia, with descriptions of six new species. Journal of Natural History 15: 555-605.

Johnson, I. C., E. J. Fields, and N. L. Bruce. 1981. Survey of the Mary River macrofauna, with comments on the likely affects of barrage construction. A report compiled for the Queensland Water Resources Commission. Zoology Department, University of Queensland. Pp 1-19.

1980

Bruce, N. L. 1980. The systematics of some Japanese marine isopods (Fam. Sphaeromatidae) of the genera Dynoides Barnard, 1914 and Cymodocella Pfeffer, 1887, with descriptions of two new species. Crustaceana 38: 199-211.

Bruce, N. L. 1980. Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Heron Island and the Capricorn Group. Bulletin of Marine Science 30: 108-130.

Bruce, N. L. 1980. The Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia: the Coral Sea. Cahiers de l'Indo-pacifique 2: 155-173.

Bruce, N. L. 1980. A new family of marine isopod (Flabellifera: Isopoda: Crustacea) from the reefs of the Coral Sea. Cahiers de l'Indo-pacifique 2: 175-183.

Bruce, N. L. 1980. The Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia: the genus Pseudolana from the Queensland coasts with description of three new species. Pacific Science 34: 153-164.

Bruce, N. L. 1980. New records of Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Tanzanian coast of East Africa. Journal of Crustacean Biology 1: 457-460.

1979

Bruce, N. L. 1979. Preliminary diagnosis of a new genus of marine isopod (Flabellifera, Cirolanidae). Crustaceana 37: 112.

1978

Bruce, N. L. and D. A. Jones. 1978. The systematics of some Red Sea Isopoda (Family Cirolanidae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Zoology, London 185: 395-413.

Popular Articles

Loerz, A.-N. and N. L. Bruce. 2006. NIWA Invertebrate Collection - NIC goes online. Water & Atmosphere 14(4): 6.

Bruce, N. L. and A. MacDiarmid. 2006, Crabs, crayfish and other crustaceans. http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAndSky/SeaLife/CrabsCrayfishAndOtherCrustaceans/en (and other articles, some MacDairmid and Bruce).

Bruce, N. L. 2004. New Zealand's cirolanid isopods - highlighting the diversity of these marine garbage cleaners. Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity 7: 4-5.

Bruce, N. L. 2004. Isopoda: Crustacea. In Yule, C.M. & H.S. Yong (Ed.) Freshwater Invertebrates of the Malaysian Region, Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Singapore, pp. 298-306.

Loerz, A.-N. and N. L. Bruce. 2004. NIWA's marine invertebrate collections: a treasure chest for biodiversity research. Water & Atmosphere 12(3): 21.

Loerz, A.-N. and N. L. Bruce. 2004. A treasure chest of marine animals. National Centre for Aquatic Biodiversity & Biosecurity Update 8: 2.

Bruce, N. L. 2003. On the look-out for introduced marine isopods Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity 5: 8.

Bruce, N. L. 2003. Giant marine 'mosquitoes'. Water and Atmosphere 9(3): 4.

In Preparation

Bruce, N. L. New genera and species of the marine isopod family Serolidae (Crustacea: Sphaeromatidea) from the southwestern Pacific.

Bruce, N. L. New species and a new genus of Cirolanidae (Isopoda: Crustacea) from groundwater in calcretes the Pilbarra, northern Western Australia.

Bruce, N. L. and R. Wetzer. New Zealand exports: Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 (Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), a Southern Hemisphere genus introduced to the Pacific coast of North America. Zootaxa.

Bruce, N. L. New species of Metacirolana Kussakin, 1978 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the coral reefs of southern Viti Livu, Fiji.

Wetzer, R. and N. L. Bruce. The identity of Exosphaeroma amplicauda (Stimpson, 1857) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) with the description of two new species from the United States west coast.

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