WILD 3580 1st Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I Classification II Binomial Nomenclature III Scientific Names IV Nomenclature Rules V Describing a new species Outline of Current Lecture I Describing and Naming a new species II Name change III Systematics Current Lecture I Describing and Naming a new species a Collect voucher specimens i Typed specimens voucher specimens designed as the representative specimens for a new species ii Holotypes single specimens iii Syntypes a series of specimens iv Lectotype representative type out of collection v Paratypes additional specimens not used as syntypes vi Neotypes substitute specimen vii Topotypes specimens collected later b Make sure it is new to science c Write a detailed description i External measurements and morphology ii Details about the location iii Details about behavior habitat distribution ect d Name the species i Etymology the meaning of the name These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute II III e Publish the description and name Name change a Splitting what was once considered a single species is found to be more than one species b Lumping two or more species are combined into a single species c Misclassifications assigned to a different genus d Law of priority Systematics a Classifying biological diversity in a manner consistent with phylogenetic relationships i Linnaean classification based on similarity and difference ii Phylogenetic classification 1 Class things based on phylogenetic relationships 2 Cladistics used shared derived characters a Clades group that has the same derived characters
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