The carcinological oeuvre of Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889): Checklist of species and genera, dates of publication, and a list of publications (Crustacea: Amphipoda, Cirripedia, C... by De Grave, S, Boyko, CB

“…<p>Charles Spence Bate (1818&ndash;1889) was one of the more influential mid to late 19th century crustacean taxonomists, with broad interests spanning several taxonomic groups, such as Amphipoda and Decapoda. …”

Revisiting the debate: documenting biodiversity in the age of digital and artificially generated images by D. S. Campos, D. S. Campos, R. F. D. Oliveira, R. F. D. Oliveira, L. D. O. Vieira, L. D. O. Vieira, P. H. N. D. Bragança, P. H. N. D. Bragança, J. L. S. Nunes, J. L. S. Nunes, J. L. S. Nunes, E. C. Guimarães, F. P. Ottoni, F. P. Ottoni, F. P. Ottoni

“…Improved communication and collaboration between taxonomists and conservationists are needed, emphasizing scientific integrity. …”
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Taxonomic key to the snakes (Squamata: Ophidia) species of the Itajaí Valley, Santa Catarina, Brazil by Camilla Spengler Waltrick, Luís Olímpio Menta Giasson

“…These tools are normally used by students and non-taxonomists. Also, they can be very helpful with the general public, where they can identify the species with simple characters. …”
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Cave-dwelling pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae): a review by Bernhard A. Huber

“…The apparent dominance of Mexico may partly be due to collectors’ and taxonomists’ biases. Most caves harbor only one pholcid species, but 91 caves harbor two and more species (up to five species). …”
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Distributional Trends and Species Richness of Maryland, USA, Stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera), with an Emphasis on the Appalachian Region by Phillip N. Hogan, Scott A. Grubbs

“…Federal and state government conservation attempts for rare and threatened species are predicated upon the initial research of specialized taxonomists and trained field biologists. The reporting of aquatic insect occurrence data provides a baseline for conservation agencies to compare water quality monitoring studies. …”
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Application of extended depth of field 3D imagery to tackle the challenges of cryptic species: a use case in the genus Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1924 (Orthoptera, Caelifera, Lentulidae... by Daniela Matenaar

“…Discovering and handling cryptic diversity among species challenges taxonomists around the world. This is particularly true for the most diverse animal class – the insects – with cryptic diversity, apart from vast species numbers, being one of the main factors that hamper the description of new species. …”
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NOTES ON THE PROFILE OF INDONESIAN INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT SPECIES by Sri Sudarmiyati Tjitrosoedirjo

“…Cooperation with botanists and taxonomists in other parts of the world is necessary.  There are some species of invasive aliens plant in Indonesia, which have to be watched for their aggressiveness i.e. …”
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Urban Beetle Diversity in Natural History Collections—A Hundred-Year Perspective by Lea Ružanović, Vlatka Mičetić Stanković

“…While the collaboration between curators and taxonomists with ecologists becomes more frequent, the museum collections still are not used to their full potential. …”
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Anurans (Amphibia: Anura) of the Brazilian state of Amapá, eastern Amazonia: species diversity and knowledge gaps by Pedro P.G. Taucce, Carlos Eduardo Costa-Campos, Thiago R. Carvalho, Fernanda Michalski

“…Our data highlight the need for trained taxonomists to develop research in the state. …”
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Relevance of prokaryotic subspecies in the age of genomics by S.N. Venter, M. Palmer, E.T. Steenkamp

“…The availability of multiple gene sequences, and in particular full genome sequence data, for microbial strains has changed how taxonomists delineate subspecies belonging to the Archaea and Bacteria. …”
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An investigation on space debris of unknown origin using proper elements and neural networks by Wu, Di, Rosengren, Aaron J.

“…Abstract Proper elements represent a dynamical fingerprint of an object’s inherent state and have been used by small-body taxonomists in characterizing asteroid families. Being linked to the underlying dynamical structure of orbits, Celletti, Pucacco, and Vartolomei have recently adopted these innate orbital parameters for the association of debris from breakup or collision into its parent satellite. …”
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Marine invertebrate biodiversity from the Argentine Sea, South Western Atlantic by Gregorio Bigatti, Javier Signorelli

“…The training of new taxonomists, as well as, the support of projects that contribute to the knowledge of marine invertebrate biodiversity from South Western Atlantic is recommended.…”
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Global diversity of aloricate Oligotrichea (Protista, Ciliophora, Spirotricha) in marine and brackish sea water. by Sabine Agatha

“…The huge challenge to discover all these species can only be managed by combining the expertises of morphological taxonomists, molecular biologists, ecologists, and physiologists.…”
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The taxonomic basis of subspecies listed as threatened and endangered under the endangered species act by Robert M. Zink, Luke B. Klicka

“…The US Fish and Wildlife Service defaults to subspecies descriptions by taxonomists working with specific groups of organisms, but there is no single definition of subspecies across plants and animals. …”
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The molecular identification and phylogeny of moths feeding on cereals, belonging to Cnephasia species based on cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene by Marta Budziszewska, Wojciech Kubasik

“…Since members of this genus are frequently very similar externally, species determination based on morphotaxonomy is time-consuming and difficult, especially for non-taxonomists. Hence, it could possibly be replaced by molecular biology approaches. …”
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High rate of species misidentification reduces the taxonomic certainty of European biodiversity databases of ivies (Hedera L.) by Marina Coca-de-la-Iglesia, Angélica Gallego-Narbón, Alejandro Alonso, Virginia Valcárcel

“…For these reasons, taxonomists debate the use of online repositories to address biological questions at the species level. …”
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A new snouted treefrog (Anura, Hylidae, Scinax) from fluvial islands of the Juruena River, southern Brazilian Amazonia. by Miquéias Ferrão, James Hanken, Fabrício H Oda, Karla M Campião, Marcos Penhacek, Samuel Anjos, Domingo J Rodrigues

“…Southern Amazonia is one of the less-explored regions by anuran taxonomists. We describe a small new species of snouted treefrog, genus Scinax, from this region, from a fluvial archipelago in the Juruena River, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. …”
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Chroma+, a new automontage method of image background selection for Insects and other structurally complex objects by Pavel Jakubec, Martin Novák, Jarin Qubaiová

“…Furthermore, it does not require any additional equipment (hardware or software), thus being accessible to both employed taxonomists, low budget laboratories, and enthusiasts.…”
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What is being published on floristics? an overview of floristic studies carried out in the Espinhaço Range by Roberto Baptista Pereira Almeida, Beatriz Moraes Murer, Paulo Takeo Sano

“…Thereby, we reaffirm the importance and need to encourage new floristic studies in the Espinhaço Range as a means to train new taxonomists and to provide new studies and projects.…”
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Can non-destructive DNA extraction of bulk invertebrate samples be used for metabarcoding? by Melissa E. Carew, Rhys A. Coleman, Ary A. Hoffmann

“…As metabarcoding becomes more widely applied, new reference DNA barcodes linked to individual specimens identified by taxonomists are needed. This can be achieved through using DNA extraction methods that are not only suitable for metabarcoding but also for building reference DNA barcode libraries. …”
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