Review and interpretation of trends in DNA barcoding

R DeSalle, P Goldstein - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Interpretations and analytical practices surrounding DNA barcoding are examined using a
compilation of 3,756 papers (as of December 31, 2018) with “DNA Barcode” in the abstract …

The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches

MS Engel, LMP Ceríaco, GM Daniel… - Zoological Journal of …, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
For almost 30 years, there have been active discussions about the taxonomic impediment
and the challenge this represents to address the current human-induced biodiversity crisis …

Repositories for taxonomic data: where we are and what is missing

A Miralles, T Bruy, K Wolcott, MD Scherz… - Systematic …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Natural history collections are leading successful large-scale projects of specimen
digitization (images, metadata, DNA barcodes), thereby transforming taxonomy into a big …

Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)

D Ahrens, ST Ahyong, A Ballerio, MVL Barclay… - Zootaxa, 2021‏ - biotaxa.org
New methods in taxonomy and systematics can influence the overall practice of formally
naming and describing biodiversity. DNA barcoding has been controversial since its …

Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences

LMP Ceríaco, EE Gutiérrez, A Dubois, M Carr - Zootaxa, 2016‏ - eprints.hud.ac.uk
The question whether taxonomic descriptions naming new animal species without type
specimen (s) deposited in collections should be accepted for publication by scientific …

New species described from photographs: Yes? No? Sometimes? A fierce debate and a new declaration of the ICZN

FT Krell, SA Marshall - Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2017‏ - academic.oup.com
The option of describing new taxa using photographs as proxies for lost or escaped
('unpreserved') type specimens has been rarely used but is now undergoing renewed …

[ספר][B] Species, Science and Society: The Role of Systematic Biology

Q Wheeler - 2023‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This book presents an engaging and accessible examination of the role of systematic
biology in species exploration and biodiversity conservation. Our planet and systematic …

[HTML][HTML] How many lineages are there of the stingrays genus Hypanus (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) and why does it matter?

FF Petean, L Yang, S Corrigan, SMQ Lima… - Neotropical …, 2024‏ - SciELO Brasil
Stingrays genus Hypanus currently encompasses nine valid species from the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, though the phylogenetic relationships amongst some of them were based on …

Attaching names to biological species: the use and value of type specimens in systematic zoology and natural history collections

R Sluys - Biological Theory, 2021‏ - Springer
Biological type specimens are a particular kind of voucher specimen stored in natural history
collections. Their special status and practical use are discussed in relation to the description …

ICZN Declaration 45: a remedy for the nomenclatural and typification dilemma regarding soft-bodied meiofaunal organisms?

ARS Garraffoni, A Kieneke, M Kolicka… - Marine Biodiversity, 2019‏ - Springer
Although ICZN Declaration 45 already shed some light to the issue regarding “typeless
species descriptions,” we here explore the assignment of new species-group taxa in the …