[Taxacom] Animalia or Metazoa?

[Jim Croft]

Which comes back to Paddy's previous post on social 'palatability' of
names and concepts.

There are heaps of people around the world who profess an interest in
'pteridophytes', even 'Pteridophyta'.  Even though based on compelling
evidence, it seems to be phylogenetically quite meaningless, dare I
say 'wrong', to do so.  But, as a concept it is meaningful to them in
their context...

jim

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Stephen Thorpe<s.thorpe at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
 [reply] that's because the "broader grouping" is diphyletic, and some
> would argue that we don't need "good names" for non-monophyletic
> groupings. There is no reason why the name Animalia can't be used in
> exactly the same sense as Metazoa, so it is no more or less precise ...
> Use of Metazoa merely alienates the general public, who at least have
> some understanding of what an animal is...

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