Resolving taxonmic discrepancies: Role of Electronic Catalogues of Known Organisms

Authors

  • Vishwas Shravan Chavan National Chemical Laboratory
  • Nilesh Sunil Rane National Chemical Laboratory
  • Aparna Watve National Chemical Laboratory
  • Michael Ruggiero Integrated Taxonomic Information System, US Geological Survey, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v2i0.16

Keywords:

Biodiversity informatics, electronic catalogue, taxonomic discrepancies, Indian fauna

Abstract

There is a disparity in availability of nomenclature change literature to the taxonomists of the developing world and availability of taxonomic papers published by developing world scientists to their counterparts in developed part of the globe. This has resulted in several discrepancies in the naming of organisms. Development of electronic catalogues of names of known organisms would help in pointing out these issues. We have attempted to highlight a few of such discrepancies found while developing IndFauna, an electronic catalogue of known Indian fauna and comparing it with existing global and regional databases.

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Author Biographies

  • Vishwas Shravan Chavan, National Chemical Laboratory
    http://www.ncbi.org.in/cv/vishwas/
  • Nilesh Sunil Rane, National Chemical Laboratory
    http://www.ncbi.org.in/cv/nilesh.html

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Published

2005-11-13

Issue

Vol. 2 (2005)

Section

Articles (peer-reviewed)

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

How to Cite

Chavan, Vishwas Shravan, Nilesh Sunil Rane, Aparna Watve, and Michael Ruggiero. 2005. “Resolving Taxonmic Discrepancies: Role of Electronic Catalogues of Known Organisms”. Biodiversity Informatics 2 (November). https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v2i0.16.