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Integrative taxonomy: ghosts of past, present and future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2019

Liza Gómez Daglio Open the ORCID record for Liza Gómez Daglio [Opens in a new window]  and
Michael N Dawson Open the ORCID record for Michael N Dawson [Opens in a new window]
Liza Gómez Daglio*
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Life & Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
Michael N Dawson
Affiliation:
Life & Environmental Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA
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Author for correspondence: Liza Gómez Daglio, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Describing species has been a formal, intellectually rich and influential applied and basic area of study for many of the past 260 years. While formally described eukaryotic diversity still falls short of estimated eukaryotic species diversity by many hundreds of thousands of species, some recent accounts have suggested a growing number of taxonomists are within reach of describing all extant species. We present a case study that illustrates, to the contrary, a recent ‘taxonomic impediment’ in part attributable to derogation of taxonomy as a scientific discipline: contemporary practice has re-interpreted taxonomy largely as an endeavour in enumerating species. We argue that challenges lie in (1) a poor understanding of taxonomy's epistemology; (2) excessive displacement of interest toward ecological or molecular studies; (3) over-interpretation of the contributions of multiple authors describing a species; and (4) perspectives that are strongly influenced by well-known taxa. The historical and recent literature on scyphozoans reveal ghosts of taxonomy's past that persist in the present, but suggest also that a renaissance enabled by integrative taxonomy is possible in the (near) future.

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Marine invertebratestaxonomyscyphomedusae
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 99 , Issue 6 , September 2019 , pp. 1237 - 1246
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