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Oliveira IDS. An updated world checklist of velvet worms (Onychophora) with notes on nomenclature and status of names. Zookeys 2023; 1184:133-260. [PMID: 38023768 PMCID: PMC10680090 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.107286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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More than a decade has passed since the publication of the only world checklist available for Onychophora. During this period, numerous nomenclatural acts and taxonomic changes have been suggested within the group and a wealth of novel data has been published on many taxa. Herein, the up-to-date taxonomic scenario within Onychophora is presented, with appraisal of name status. This checklist covers both extant (Peripatidae and Peripatopsidae) and fossil taxa, and each species is accompanied by information on synonyms, type designation, holotype location, type locality, and language of original description. Additional remarks include nomenclatural inconsistencies, synonymizations, name misspellings, conflicting collecting event data, availability of taxonomically informative molecular data, etc. According to the data, 237 species are currently assigned to Onychophora: 140 of Peripatopsidae, 92 of Peripatidae, and five fossil species with unclear relationship to extant taxa. Since the previous checklist, 37 species have been added to Onychophora, representing an increase of 18.5% in the diversity described for the group. Yet, taxonomic descriptions seem slow-paced, with an average of 3.6 onychophoran species being described annually. From the taxonomic standpoint, 216 species are valid, although many of them require morphological revision and molecular characterization; 21 species exhibit major taxonomic ambiguities and have been regarded as nomina dubia. Recurrent taxonomic issues identified in the literature include inaccurate collecting event data, doubtful taxonomic assignment of molecular sequences, and non-observance of nomenclatural rules. These and other taxonomic aspects are addressed herein in the light of the directives established by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
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- Ivo de Sena Oliveira
- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Straße 40, D-34132, Kassel, GermanyUniversity of KasselKasselGermany
- Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Presidente Antônio Carlos 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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Costa CS, Mendes AC, Giupponi APDL. Epiperipatus puri sp. nov., a new velvet worm from Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil (Onychophora, Peripatidae). PeerJ 2023; 11:e15384. [PMID: 37810772 PMCID: PMC10552768 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Epiperipatus ohausi (Bouvier, 1900) is the first species known from Rio de Janeiro, and more than 120 years later a new species is described in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ). In this study, we describe the second species in the state of Rio de Janeiro, which we are naming in honor of the indigenous population called puri who resided in southeastern coastal Brazil. The species can be diagnosed mainly by large dorsal primary papillae close to the insertion of the legs drawing a light band from the anterior to the posterior region of the body, and large dorsal primary papillae alternating on the dorsal plicae. Moreover, they are recognized in vivo by the color of the diamond-shaped marks brownish orange on the dorsal portion of the body. Epiperipatus puri sp. nov. morphologically seems to be related to Epiperipatus acacioi (Marcus & Marcus, 1995) by the shape of the primary papillae apical piece and to E. ohausi by the resemblance of dorsal papillae. The phylogeny shows a close relationship between the new species and E. ohausi in a clade with a still undescribed species from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil located within the Atlantic Forest, one of the most threatened biomes in the world.
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- Cristiano Sampaio Costa
- Departament of Biology and Zoology, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso—UFMT, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Departament of Zoology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Le Bras G, Pignal M, Jeanson ML, Muller S, Aupic C, Carré B, Flament G, Gaudeul M, Gonçalves C, Invernón VR, Jabbour F, Lerat E, Lowry PP, Offroy B, Pimparé EP, Poncy O, Rouhan G, Haevermans T. The French Muséum national d'histoire naturelle vascular plant herbarium collection dataset. Sci Data 2017; 4:170016. [PMID: 28195585 PMCID: PMC5308200 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2017.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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We provide a quantitative description of the French national herbarium vascular plants collection dataset. Held at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, it currently comprises records for 5,400,000 specimens, representing 90% of the estimated total of specimens. Ninety nine percent of the specimen entries are linked to one or more images and 16% have field-collecting information available. This major botanical collection represents the results of over three centuries of exploration and study. The sources of the collection are global, with a strong representation for France, including overseas territories, and former French colonies. The compilation of this dataset was made possible through numerous national and international projects, the most important of which was linked to the renovation of the herbarium building. The vascular plant collection is actively expanding today, hence the continuous growth exhibited by the dataset, which can be fully accessed through the GBIF portal or the MNHN database portal (available at: https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/p/item/search/form). This dataset is a major source of data for systematics, global plants macroecological studies or conservation assessments.
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- Gwenaël Le Bras
- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.,Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Archéozoologie, archéobotanique UMR 7209 (LaBex BCDiv) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France.,Missouri Botanical Garden, P O Box 299, St Louis, Missouri 63166, USA
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Direction des collections, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, CP 39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, MNHN, CNRS, EPHE, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), CP39, 57 rue Cuvier, Paris, Cedex 05 75231, France
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