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Rules have reasons: response to Greay et al. (2019)

Published:2020-11-11 Issue:1 Volume:13 Page:
ISSN:1756-3305
Container-title:Parasites & Vectors
language:en
Short-container-title:Parasites Vectors

Author:

Harris D. James^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractRecently Greay et al. (Parasit Vectors 11:197, 2018) described several new Apicomplexa parasites from domestic companion animals in Australia. Harris (Parasit Vectors 12;172, 2019) highlighted that these descriptions did not conform to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) rules. Despite Harris (2019) clearly noting “molecular characters can be used to satisfy article 13.1.1 of the code”, in a reply Greay et al. (Parasit Vectors 12:178, 2019) incorrectly state “Harris considers the eight new species…invalid on the basis that only molecular characters were provided”. This was not the case. The ICZN has strict rules regarding species descriptions for good reasons. Here I reiterate why the forms described by Greay et al. (2018) are not valid.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Parasitology

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s13071-020-04454-y.pdf

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2. Harris DJ. New species need characters: comments on recently described apicomplexan parasites from Australia. Parasites Vectors. 2019;12:172.

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