Diversity, nomenclature, and taxonomy of protists
Diversity, nomenclature, and taxonomy of protists
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DOI:
10.1080/10635150701494127
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Spiegel, Frederick
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作者:
Adl, Sina M.;Leander, Brian S.;Spiegel, Frederick
The new classification of protists from the International Society of Protistologists (Adl et al., 2005) could not apply both the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature because the two are incompatible. The classification designated one name for each clade where multiple names from different codes had previously existed, traced authorities, and provided a classification based on nameless ranks. Here we review important issues that remain to be resolved. Current rules governing validation of new species, from various codes of nomenclature, have become an impediment to naming of new protists. Standard requirements for protist species descriptions and type specimens need to be modernized to accommodate the rapid discovery of new species made possible by modern microscopic and molecular techniques. Although we agree with the criticisms of the botanical and zoological codes made by proponents of the Phylocode, we did not all agree that the current Phylocode is the solution, nor does it currently address species typih'cation. Accordingly, new guidelines are needed to govern standards in protist species descriptions and classification. Over the past 25 years, molecular phylogenetic studies have led to extensive modification of traditional classification schemes for eukaryotes. The most dramatic changes have occurred within protists, from which multicellular organisms evolved. The names of many protist groups and the genera they include have been changed so many times that the classification scheme is unclear, and it is difficult to determine which names apply. Two recent reviews have provided a modern phylogenetic perspective on the overall organization of eukaryote clades (Keeling et al., 2005; Simpson and Roger, 2004).