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A special issue of Taxonomy (ISSN 2673-6500).

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Prof. Dr. Mathias Harzhauser

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Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Interests: Mollusca; paleobiogeography; paleogeography; stratigraphy
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Dr. Liwei Zhou

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State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: mycology; fungal taxonomy; systematics; species diversity; fungal evolution; macrofungi; medicinal fungi; phytopathology
Dr. Daniel Stec

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Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
Interests: Tardigrada; meiofauna; species diversity; genetic diversity; phylogenetic analysis; morphology

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  • integrative taxonomy
  • species diversity
  • phylogeny
  • systematics
  • morphology
  • new species
  • multiple organism groups

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Comparison of Seed Images with Geometric Models, an Approach to the Morphology of Silene (Caryophyllaceae)
by José Javier Martín-Gómez, José Luis Rodríguez-Lorenzo, Bohuslav Janoušek, Ana Juan and Emilio Cervantes
Taxonomy 2023, 3(1), 109-132; https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy3010010 - 9 Feb 2023
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Seed morphological description is traditionally based on adjectives, which originated from the comparison with other shapes, including geometric figures. Nevertheless, descriptions based on this feature are not quantitative and measurements giving the percentage of similarity of seeds with reference figures are not available [...] Read more.
Seed morphological description is traditionally based on adjectives, which originated from the comparison with other shapes, including geometric figures. Nevertheless, descriptions based on this feature are not quantitative and measurements giving the percentage of similarity of seeds with reference figures are not available in the literature. Lateral views of Silene seeds resemble the cardioid and cardioid-derived figures. Dorsal views, nonetheless, resemble ellipses and derivatives, allowing seed shape quantification by comparison with defined geometric figures. In this work, we apply already-described models as well as new models to the morphological analysis of 51 Silene species. Our data revealed the existence of a link between lateral and dorsal models. Lateral models closed in the hilum region (models LM2 and LM4) were associated with those convex models of the dorsal seed views (DM1-DM4, DM10). Lateral models more open around the hilum region adjusted to seeds characterized as dorso canaliculata type better, i.e., to those geometric models with partial concavities in their dorsal views. The relationship between lateral and dorsal models, as well as between the models to their utility in taxonomy, is discussed. Full article
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The Tube-Web Spiders of the Genus Ariadna (Araneae: Segestriidae) from South Australia and Victoria
by Jessica R. Marsh, Mark I. Stevens, Tessa Bradford and Volker W. Framenau
Taxonomy 2022, 2(4), 370-461; https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy2040028 - 14 Oct 2022
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The tube-web spider genus Ariadna Audouin, 1826 has been revised for South Australia and Victoria, revealing a remarkable diversity, particularly centred in the arid north of South Australia. We describe 23 species as new, ten of which are supported by molecular data, where [...] Read more.
The tube-web spider genus Ariadna Audouin, 1826 has been revised for South Australia and Victoria, revealing a remarkable diversity, particularly centred in the arid north of South Australia. We describe 23 species as new, ten of which are supported by molecular data, where these were available. We recognise two species groups for some of the species based on a combination of genitalic morphology, macrosetae patterns and somatic characters: the clavata species group, which includes Ariadna clavata Marsh, Baehr, Glatz & Framenau, 2018 and A. spinosa sp. nov. from South Australia, and A. otwayensis sp. nov. and A. sinuosa sp. nov. from Victoria, and the formosa species group, including A. formosa sp. nov. and A. umbra sp. nov. from South Australia, and A. tria sp. nov. from Victoria. Seventeen new species could not be placed into these two species groups: A. arenacea sp. nov., A. bellatula sp. nov., A. curvata sp. nov., A. deserta sp. nov., A. diucrura sp. nov., A. flavescens sp. nov., A. inflata sp. nov., A. insula sp. nov., A. pollex sp. nov., A. propria sp. nov., A. rutila sp. nov., Ariadna simplex sp. nov., A. subplana sp. nov., A. una sp. nov., A. ungua sp. nov., A. valida sp. nov. and A. woinarskii sp. nov. We provide updated diagnoses and distributional data for A. clavata and A. tangara Marsh, Baehr, Glatz & Framenau, 2018; however, the holotype of A. burchelli (Hogg, 1900) from Victoria could not be located for this project. Full article
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Seed Morphological Properties Related to Taxonomy in Silene L. Species
by José Javier Martín-Gómez, José Luis Rodríguez-Lorenzo, Ana Juan, Ángel Tocino, Bohuslav Janousek and Emilio Cervantes
Taxonomy 2022, 2(3), 298-323; https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy2030024 - 27 Jul 2022
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Silene taxonomy, traditionally based on morphological characteristics, is now driven by DNA sequence analysis. While the usefulness of both morphological and molecular methods remains undisputed, there is an interest in the identification of the morphological characteristics useful in taxonomy. A quantitative morphological analysis [...] Read more.
Silene taxonomy, traditionally based on morphological characteristics, is now driven by DNA sequence analysis. While the usefulness of both morphological and molecular methods remains undisputed, there is an interest in the identification of the morphological characteristics useful in taxonomy. A quantitative morphological analysis of seeds belonging to Silene species is presented here and is based on seed image samples for 95 populations belonging to 52 species (49 species of Silene and 3 related species). According to the silhouette of lateral views of their seed images, Silene species are classified into three groups: smooth, rugose and echinate. The measurements taken for the lateral and dorsal views of the seeds include area, circularity, roundness, aspect ratio and solidity; differences between groups are found for all characteristics. Solidity is the ratio between the area of the seed silhouette and the corresponding convex hull. It is related to seed convexity and is the measurement with the lowest coefficient of variation. In the lateral views, solidity values are conserved, while in the dorsal views, differences are found between the three groups. The group of echinate seeds has the highest values of solidity in the dorsal views, and their species belong to S. subg. Behenantha and S. subg. Lychnis. The group of smooth seeds contains mainly species corresponding to S. subg. Silene, while species of S. subg. Lychnis are absent. Full article
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A New Aulacoseira Thwaites (Bacillariophyta) Species from Wyoming, USA
by Jeremy Greifenstein, Rachel Shea and John Patrick Kociolek
Taxonomy 2022, 2(2), 236-243; https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy2020018 - 8 Jun 2022
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A new species, Aulacoseira wyomingensis, is described from a small seep near Casper, Wyoming, USA, using light and scanning electron microscopy, in which it was the dominant diatom taxon. Valves have large areolae that cover the valve face. Spines, when present, are [...] Read more.
A new species, Aulacoseira wyomingensis, is described from a small seep near Casper, Wyoming, USA, using light and scanning electron microscopy, in which it was the dominant diatom taxon. Valves have large areolae that cover the valve face. Spines, when present, are short and shield-like, precluding chain formation. Unlike most members of the genus, A. wyomingensis appears to lack rimoportulae. While we assign this species to the genus Aulacoseira within the Aulacoseiraceae based on the radial nature of its valve, its cingulum composed of fine ligulate bands, and presence of a ringleiste and collum, it does not appear to be easily assigned to any of the morphological groups within the genus. Full article
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