Dias, P. JoanaFotedar, SeemaMunoz, JulietaHewitt, Matthew J.Lukehurst, SherraleeHourston, MathewWellington, ClaireDuggan, RogerBridgwood, SamanthaMassam, MarionAitken, Victoriade Lestang, PaulMcKirdy, SimonWillan, RichardKirkendale, LisaGiannetta, JenniferCorsini-Foka, MariaPothoven, SteveGower, FionaViard, FrédériqueBuschbaum, ChristianScarcella, GiuseppeStrafella, PierluigiBishop, Melanie J.Sullivan, TimothyButtino, IsabellaMadduppa, HawisHuhn, MareikeZabin, Chela J.Bacela-Spychalska, KarolinaWójcik-Fudalewska, DagmaraMarkert, AlexandraMaximov, AlexeyKautsky, LenaJaspers, CorneliaKotta, JonnePärnoja, MerliRobledo, DanielTsiamis, KonstantinosKuepper, Frithjof C.Žuljević, AnteMcDonald, Justin I.Snow, Michael2017-08-032017-08-032017-06Dias, P J, Fotedar, S, Munoz, J, Hewitt, M J, Lukehurst, S, Hourston, M, Wellington, C, Duggan, R, Bridgwood, S, Massam, M, Aitken, V, de Lestang, P, McKirdy, S, Willan, R, Kirkendale, L, Giannetta, J, Corsini-Foka, M, Pothoven, S, Gower, F, Viard, F, Buschbaum, C, Scarcella, G, Strafella, P, Bishop, M J, Sullivan, T, Buttino, I, Madduppa, H, Huhn, M, Zabin, C J, Bacela-Spychalska, K, Wójcik-Fudalewska, D, Markert, A, Maximov, A, Kautsky, L, Jaspers, C, Kotta, J, Pärnoja, M, Robledo, D, Tsiamis, K, Kuepper, F C, Žuljević, A, McDonald, J I & Snow, M 2017, 'Establishment of a taxonomic and molecular reference collection to support the identification of species regulated by the Western Australian Prevention List for Introduced Marine Pests', Management of Biological Invasions, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 215-225. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2017.8.2.091989-8649http://hdl.handle.net/2164/9068We acknowledge field sample collection assistance of the WA Government Department of Fisheries (DoF) Biosecurity Research and Compliance teams in obtaining specimens of IMP present in Australia. We also would like to acknowledge field sampling and cooperation of stakeholders in WA. We are most grateful to everyone in Australia and abroad that provided us with specimens including John Lewis at ES Link Services, Craig Boys and Anthony Fowler at the NSW Department of Primary Industries, Simon Grove and Kirrily Moore at the Department of State Growth in Tasmania, and Matt Koopman at Fishwell Consulting in Australia; Eric A. Hoffman at University of Central Florida, Ximing Guo at Rutgers University, Steve Palumbi at Stanford University, Charles Epifanio at the University of Delaware, Toni Renee Ignoffo and Wim Kimmerer at San Francisco State University, Joseph Pawlik and Jack Cushman Koch at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Kimberly S. Reece at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA; Keith Hiscock at Plymouth Marine Biological Association and Elizabeth Cook at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK; Per Jonsson and Gunnar Cervin at the University of Gothenburg and Ann-Britt Florin at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; Bente Edvardsen and Wenche Eikrem at the University of Oslo, Norway; Cynthia McKenzie at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Annick Verween at Ghent University, Belgium; Nathalie Cochennec-Laureau at IFREMER, France; Bartlomiej Arciszewski at the University of Gdansk, Poland; Marcus Anders Krag and Peter Rask Moller at the Natural History Museum of Denmark; Taeko Kimura at Mie University, Japan; Xiao Liu at the Institute of Oceanology in Qingdao, China; Tsang Ling Ming at National Taiwan Ocean University; Ho Young Soh at Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea; Ronaldo Sousa at University of Minho and Alexandra Teodosio at the University of Algarve, Portugal. We would like to acknowledge the most valuable ongoing support of John Huisman at the Western Australian Herbarium and Serena Wilkens and Mike Page at the New Zealand Marine Invasive Taxonomic Service (MITS) and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Thank you to Elena Kupriyanova at the Australian Museum Research Institute and to Glenn Moore and Andrew Hosie at the Western Australian Museum for taxonomic support. We are also grateful to Christine Shonberg at the Australian Institute for Marine Science in WA for helpful discussions about the sponge C. thoosina and to Ingrid Knapp, Anuschka Faucci and Brian Neved at the University of Hawaii for their time and effort attempting to collect specimens in Hawaii. Thank you to two internal (DoF) reviewers and three anonymous referees for their comments. Cornelia Jaspers received support from the Danish Council for Independent Research (No.600207). This project was financially supported by Chevron Australia and the WA Department of Fisheries.11298338engSDG 14 - Life Below WaterIntroduced Marine Pests (IMP)taxonomic vouchercytochrome c oxidase ICOIThe Barcode of Life Data SystemBoLDmarine biosecurityQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.3391/mbi.2017.8.2.0982