Ocean Species Discoveries 1–12 — A primer for accelerating marine invertebrate taxonomy

(SOSA), Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance; Brandt, Angelika; Chen, Chong; Engel, Laura; Esquete, Patricia; Horton, Tammy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-1068; Jażdżewska, Anna; Johannsen, Nele; Kaiser, Stefanie; Kihara, Terue; Knauber, Henry; Kniesz, Katharina; Landschoff, Jannes; Lörz, Anne-Nina; Machado, Fabrizio; Martínez-Muñoz, Carlos; Riehl, Torben; Serpell-Stevens, Amanda; Sigwart, Julia; Tandberg, Anne Helene; Tato, Ramiro; Tsuda, Miwako; Vončina, Katarzyna; Watanabe, Hiromi; Wenz, Christian; Williams, Jason. 2024 Ocean Species Discoveries 1–12 — A primer for accelerating marine invertebrate taxonomy. Biodiversity Data Journal, 12. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e128431

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Abstract/Summary

Discoveries of new species often depend on one or a few specimens, leading to delays as researchers wait for additional context, sometimes for decades. There is currently little professional incentive for a single expert to publish a stand-alone species description. Additionally, while many journals accept taxonomic descriptions, even specialist journals expect insights beyond the descriptive work itself. The combination of these factors exacerbates the issue that only a small fraction of marine species are known and new discoveries are described at a slow pace, while they face increasing threats from accelerating global change. To tackle this challenge, this first compilation of Ocean Species Discoveries (OSD) presents a new collaborative framework to accelerate the description and naming of marine invertebrate taxa that can be extended across all phyla. Through a mode of publication that can be speedy, taxonomy-focused and generate higher citation rates, OSD aims to create an attractive home for single species descriptions. This Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (SOSA) approach emphasises thorough, but compact species descriptions and diagnoses, with supporting illustrations and with molecular data when available. Even basic species descriptions carry key data for distributions and ecological interactions (e.g., host-parasite relationships) besides universally valid species names; these are essential for downstream uses, such as conservation assessments and communicating biodiversity to the broader public.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e128431
ISSN:	1314-2836
Additional Keywords:	new species, shelf-life, Mollusca, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, alpha taxonomy, taxonomic bottleneck, biodiversity data, deep sea, estuary, hydrothermal vent
Date made live:	03 Sep 2024 13:47 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/537954

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