[Taxacom] taxonomy and conservation of common skate

[Barry Roth]

I'm curious how, if the valid name for the combined crypto-species is D. batis, that name would not be valid for one of the component taxa.  Maybe the "cf." names they use are simply working handles, to allow these important findings to be publicized and acted on; and the nomenclatural niceties can be worked out later.
 
Barry Roth

--- On Fri, 11/20/09, James Zahniser <zahniser at illinois.edu> wrote:


From: James Zahniser <zahniser at illinois.edu>
Subject: [Taxacom] taxonomy and conservation of common skate
To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:14 AM


All,
An interesting (and alarming) study was just published on the taxonomy of
the endangered "common skate" , formerly Dipturus batis (but see new
publication on naming), highlighting the importance of taxonomy to
conservation.

News story in Science Daily:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091117191048.htm

Early online publication in Aquatic Conservation:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/84503925/issue

IUCN listing:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/39397/0


-- 
James N. Zahniser
Illinois Natural History Survey
1816 S. Oak St.
Champaign, IL  61820
http://ctap.inhs.uiuc.edu/Zahniser/
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