[Taxacom] species names for sale.

[Shorthouse, David]

I like one of their conditions...if a "purchased" species is later
synonymized within 5 years, you can get another one. Why does all this
remind me of the Cabbage Patch Kid craze?

David P. Shorthouse
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Department of Biological Sciences
CW-403, Biological Sciences Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB   T6G 2E9
mailto:dps1 at ualberta.ca
http://canadianarachnology.webhop.net
http://arachnidforum.webhop.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
[mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Hans Henderickx
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:12 PM
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Subject: [Taxacom] species names for sale.

As could be expected more websites occur that commercialise namegiving of 
new species, please look at: http://www.speciesworld.com
The authors write "With Speciesworld you can take part in the discovery of 
new species and support projects connected to the research of biodiversity 
and protection of nature."

Is there an ethical problem? 


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