[Taxacom] Two million molecular synonyms on the way

[Richard Pyle]

Hi Carlos,

I’ve been trying to follow (most of) your posts – largely out of courtesy.  But this comment from you:

> given that in the opinion of the Commission such comparison is not necessary.

clearly shows that you have not extended the same courtesy in paying attention to the posts from Commissioners.

You are objectively wrong about this.

Aloha,
Rich

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> On Behalf Of
> Carlos Alberto Martínez Muñoz via Taxacom
> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2021 11:16 AM
> To: Taxa com <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Two million molecular synonyms on the way
> 
> Dear Taxacomers,
> After many, many emails, here are some final messages which I will have to
> transmit to the myriapodological community tomorrow. I will let my colleagues
> know that our Myriapoda community should:
> 1) Be prepared to take the hit of at least 20 000 new molecular synonyms over
> the next ten years.
> 2) Additionally expect the vast majority of the truly new species to be named at
> an industrial scale from molecular data only, by barcoders and not by our
> experts.
> 3) Stop worrying about comparing our new species to known species, given
> that in the opinion of the Commission such comparison is not necessary.
> 4) Forget about complying with the Code, given that we are a scientific
> community and that in the opinion of the Commission the Code is not a
> scientific standard.
> 
> You may use this email as a template to announce the same to your
> communities. You just need to change the expected number of new synonyms
> to match the number of valid species your communities deal with. The
> combination of global barcoding projects such as BIOSCAN, and the
> understanding that there is no need to compare "new" molecular species with
> current morphological species, will certainly generate one new molecular
> synonym per each valid morphological species. Two million valid species?
> Two million molecular synonyms!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> Carlos A. Martínez Muñoz
> Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit
> FI-20014 University of Turku
> Finland
> Myriatrix <http://myriatrix.myspecies.info/>
> ResearchGate profile
> <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Martinez-Munoz>
> Myriapod Morphology and Evolution
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