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Species Description

Species Description is a formal scientific act in which a new species is taxonomically characterized and distinguished from all other known species through the designation of diagnostic morphological, genetic, or paleontological traits, accompanied by the assignment of a name and, where applicable, the designation of type specimens within the framework of international nomenclatural codes.

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Choice Reviews Online · 2012 · 12.8K citations

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Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly <i>Astraptes fulgerator</i>

Paul D. N. Hebert, Erin H. Penton, John M. Burns et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2004 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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IUCN Red List of threatened species

Choice Reviews Online · 2005 · 3.1K citations

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The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom · 1980 · 2.6K citations

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Taxonomic parameters revisited : tarnished gold standards

Erko Stackebrandt · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2006 · 1.9K citations

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Authors

13.3K

  1. PD
    Paul D. N. Hebert

    University of Guelph, Canada

    23 publications · 6.3K citations

    21

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  2. SR
    Snežana Radenković

    University of Novi Sad, Serbia

    21 publications · 578 citations

    17

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  3. AV
    Ante Vujić

    University of Novi Sad, Serbia

    23 publications · 719 citations

    17

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  4. CP
    Colin P. Groves

    Australian National University, Australia

    19 publications · 1K citations

    15

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  5. AD
    Antônio D. Brescovit

    Instituto Butantan, Brazil

    21 publications · 420 citations

    15

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Institutions

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  1. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    202 publications

    7.2K citations

  2. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    38 h-index

    196 publications

    7.7K citations

  3. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    37 h-index

    175 publications

    23.4K citations

  4. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    34 h-index

    154 publications

    22.5K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    34 h-index

    185 publications

    7.4K citations

  6. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    32 h-index

    277 publications

    6.7K citations

  7. University of Guelph

    Guelph, Canada

    32 h-index

    90 publications

    25.2K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    27 h-index

    203 publications

    5.8K citations

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  1. Zootaxa

    879 publications · 21.3K citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    74 publications · 3.9K citations

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  3. Taxon

    131 publications · 5.8K citations

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  4. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

    Repository · 276 publications · 5.9K citations

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  5. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

    81 publications · 2.8K citations

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