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In botany, the correct name according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) is the one and only botanical name that is to be used for a particular taxon, when that taxon has a particular circumscription, position and rank. [1]
In zoological nomenclature, author citation is the process in which a person is credited with the creation of the scientific name of a previously unnamed taxon.When citing the author of the scientific name, one must fulfill the formal requirements listed under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ("the Code"). [1]
In botanical nomenclature, author citation is the way of citing the person or group of people who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN). [1]
Anseriformes is an order of birds belonging to the clade Galloanseres.It consists of 3 families, 58 genera and 171 living species. [1] [2] Extinct species assignment follows the Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [3] and Paleofile.com websites. [4]
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.Its purpose is to provide a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been previously described or related species.
The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks.Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in Latin: varietas) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form. [1]
These sea cucumbers are vagile holothurians with an elongated shape (up to 3 meters for Synapta maculata), worm or snake-like.Their shape is adapted for burrowing through the sediment, sometimes in a fashion similar to earthworms.
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