Document of bibliographic reference 340362

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

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AS

Title

The correct use of the names Synedra Ehrenberg and Catacombas Williams & Round, a note on the name ‘Hystrix Bory 1822’, and some suggestions how to tackle the taxonomic relationships of Synedra

Abstract

The genus name Synedra should now be used only for a group of marine species previously included in Catacombas, the latter name becoming a junior synonym. From a purely nomenclatural point of view, as numerous names remain in Synedra when they clearly do not belong there, a problem exists in how to treat those names. Two suggestions are made. One might explore existing names and their associated data; or one may treat the matter as a scientific problem, the problem of taxon relationships at various levels in the taxonomic hierarchy (genus, family, order, etc.), and explore the issue via systematic treatment of groups of species from the point of view of their monophyly. Monophyletic classifications at all ranks and supported by evidence (characters) allows a more scientific approach to understanding the relationships among various groups of species.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000637236100001

Bibliographic citation

Williams, D.M.; Karthick, B. (2021). The correct use of the names Synedra Ehrenberg and Catacombas Williams & Round, a note on the name ‘Hystrix Bory 1822’, and some suggestions how to tackle the taxonomic relationships of Synedra. Diatom Research 36(2): 107-118. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0269249x.2021.1880974

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true