"Glass sponges in the Family Euplectellidae (basket glass sponges) found in the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) are reviewed and revised by studying existing and new collections within the NIWA Invertebrate Collection (NIC), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ) and specimens from the NORFANZ mid-Tasman Sea survey, housed at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane. Studying these collections has yielded well over 250 catalogued specimens, some of which are from the Australian EEZ and International waters"--Page 9.