Biological diversity is depleting at an alarming rate. Additionally, a vast amount of
biodiversity still remains undiscovered. Taxonomy has been serving the purpose of …

Several of the biggest challenges in taxonomy and systematics are related to a toxic mixture
of small size, abundance, and rarity. There are too many species in groups with too few …

In Plato's Phaedrus, Socrates is concerned with how things are grouped together and how
they are divided. He makes an analogy with carving up an animal. Just as cuts of meat …

Tan, DSH, Ang, Y., Lim, GS, Ismail, MRB & Meier, R.(2010). From 'cryptic species' to
integrative taxonomy: an iterative process involving DNA sequences, morphology, and …

The genus Hydra has long served as a model system in comparative immunology,
developmental and evolutionary biology. Despite its relevance for fundamental research …

DNA barcoding has recently been proposed as a promising tool for the (1) rapid assignment
of unknown samples to described species by non-expert workers and (2) a potential method …

Naive use of molecular data may lead to ambiguous conclusions, especially within the
context of “cryptic” species. Here, we integrated molecular and morphometric data to …

The unambiguous delineation and identification of species remain central problems in
systematic and taxonomic studies. Species delineation depends on the data utilized and the …

A significant number of Southeast Asian mammal species described in the 19th and 20th
century were subsequently synonymized and are now considered subspecies. Many are …

Accurate ecological assemblage analysis requires that underlying taxonomic divisions
reflect biological reality. However, the validity of many taxonomic hypotheses have never …