Singleton-based species names and fungal rarity: Does the number really matter? by Jonathan Cazabonne, Allison K. Walker, Jonathan Lesven, Danny Haelewaters

“…A significant proportion of newly generated sequences fail to match with already named species, and thus represent what has been referred to as fungal “dark taxa”. Due to the challenges associated with observing, identifying, and preserving sporophores, many macro- and microfungal species are only known from a single collection, specimen, isolate, and/or sequence—a singleton. …”
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A checklist of isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) in Slovenia by Miloš Vittori, Borut Mavrič, Anja Pekolj, Marijan Govedič, Maja Zagmajster

“…Many synonyms and invalid taxa according to recent taxonomy point out the need for revision the national red list of Malacostraca as well as other nature protection acts. …”
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Parque das Neblinas: an important reserve for Atlantic Forest bird conservation in Southeast Brazil by Fabio Schunck, Bruno Rennó, Fernando I. de Godoy, Gérard Baudet, Kleber E. Rodrigues, Tomas Sigrist, Marcelo Bokermann

“…ABSTRACT The Atlantic Forest has one of the richest avifaunas in the world, with endemic, migratory and endangered taxa. However, some of the ornithological knowledge produced there has yet to be organized and published, hindering effective conservation actions. …”
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Recovery of nearly 3,000 archaeal genomes from 152 terrestrial geothermal spring metagenomes by Yan-Ling Qi, Hao-Tian Zhang, Meng Li, Wen-Jun Li, Zheng-Shuang Hua

“…Notably, 575 (19%) MAGs represented new taxa at various taxonomic levels, and 2,075 (70%) lacked nomenclature and effective descriptions. …”
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GorillaFACS: The Facial Action Coding System for the Gorilla spp. by Catia Correia-Caeiro, Raquel Costa, Misato Hayashi, Anne Burrows, Jordan Pater, Takako Miyabe-Nishiwaki, Jack L Richardson, Martha M Robbins, Bridget Waller, Katja Liebal

“…FACS has been adapted to 11 other taxa, including most apes, macaques and domestic animals, but not yet gorillas. …”
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Palaeontological And Geological Highlights Of The Black Country UNESCO Global Geopark by Graham Worton, Colin Prosser, Jonathan Larwood

“…It also revealed and led to the collection of a rich and extremely well-preserved fossil fauna from the Upper Carboniferous and especially from the Silurian Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, with trilobites, crinoids, and numerous other taxa from the Geopark adorning museum collections across the world. …”
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CROP WILD RELATIVES IN MAGADAN PROVINCE OF RUSSIA: INVENTORYING AND CONSERVATION by G. V. Talovina, E. V. Aistova

“…Within the framework of the work on inventorying crop wild relatives (CWR) in the regions of Russia, an inventory of CWR was for the first time made for Magadan Province, Far East region of Russia, to identify plant taxa that are prioritized for conservation and monitoring of their status in natural phytocenoses. …”
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Collections of the wild <I>Daucus carota</I> L. preserved at VIR by L. Yu. Shipilina, T. V. Khmelinskaya

“…The herbarium now contains 323 carrot specimens, with 249 belonging to the wild D. carota species. Intraspecific taxa of D. carota are represented. The herbarium of cultivated carrots consists of 74 specimens.The studied 106 wild carrot accessions from the VIR collection were identified, herbarized, arranged, incorporated into the WIR database, and placed into the permanent herbarium collection. …”
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Impacto do Decreto n. 8.058/2013 sobre investigações antidumping no Brasil by Sergio Goldbaum, Euclides Pedrozo Jr

“…Em particular, argumenta-se que (a) o aumento observado no número de investigações abertas não deve ser atribuído ao Decreto n. 8.058/2013, mas à divulgação do Plano Brasil Maior; (b) a taxa de aprovação de medidas não aumentou em decorrência do decreto; e (c) o tempo de investigação se reduziu, mas continua maior do que a comparação internacional.…”
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Walking coral: Complex phototactic mobility in the free-living coral Cycloseris cyclolites. by Brett M Lewis, David J Suggett, Peter J Prentis, Luke D Nothdurft

“…Not all corals are attached to the substrate; some taxa are solitary and free-living, allowing them to migrate into preferred habitats. …”
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Temperature dependence of liverwort diversification reveals a cool origin and hot hotspots by Karola Maul, S. Robbert Gradstein, Dietmar Quandt, Michael Kessler

“…Abstract The evolutionary history underlying gradients in species richness is still subject to discussions and understanding the past niche evolution might be crucial in estimating the potential of taxa to adapt to changing environmental conditions. …”
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Nutritional and Nonnutritional Content of Underexploited Edible Seaweeds by Rabia Alghazeer, Hesham El Fatah, Salah Azwai, Sana Elghmasi, Maammar Sidati, Ali El Fituri, Ezdehar Althaluti, Ftaim Gammoudi, Ervia Yudiati, Nadia Talouz, Ghalia Shamlan, Ammar AL-Farga, Wafa S. Alansari, Areej A. Eskandrani

“…Lipid content was found to be low in all the studied taxa at approximately 1–6%, except for Caulerpa prolifera (Chlorophyta), which had a noticeable higher lipid content at 12.41%. …”
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The Diversity of Edible Flowers and Its Biocultural Role in Local Food System in Dali, Southwest China by Qing Zhang, Jihai Zhang, Congli Xu, Xianjin Wu, Chunlin Long

“…Through ethnobotanical surveys conducted in 15 markets across Dali, 163 taxa of EFs were documented, encompassing 56 families and 108 genera. …”
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Latitudinal Variation into the Macrofaunal Assemblages Associated to Zostera noltei Seagrass along the Atlantic Coast of Morocco by Oussama Bououarour, Soilam Boutoumit, Reda El Kamcha, Hocein Bazairi

“…Overall, 17,320 individuals were reported as belonging to 96 taxa. The ecological community descriptors differ significantly at the level of the site. …”
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Commercially important fish biodiversity of Hail Haor with physicochemical properties and planktonic composition by Md. Monjurul Hasan, Md. Mehedi Hasan Pramanik, Md. Mozzammel Hoque, Rumana Yasmin, Ehsanul Karim, Md. Anisur Rahman, Yahia Mahmud

“…The findings revealed the presence of 41 taxa, 35 of which were Phytoplankton and 6 were Zooplankton. …”
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Data on insect biodiversity in a Chinese potato agroecosystem from DNA metabarcoding by Changjin Lin, Chenxi Liu, Lilin Chen, Hongmei Cheng, Muhammad Ashfaq, Paul D. N. Hebert, Yulin Gao

“…This research provides valuable insights for barcoding local biodiversity and developing regional reference libraries and presents a comprehensive dataset of insect biodiversity within potato agroecosystems, encompassing 1,707 BINs linked to known insect taxa.…”
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A baenid turtle shell from the Mesaverde Formation (Campanian, Late Cretaceous) of Park County, Wyoming, USA by Wu, Ka Yan, Heuck, Jared, Varriale, Frank J., Farke, Andrew

“…The preserved portions of the carapace are smooth and unornamented, and the overall oval dorsal profile of the shell is similar to taxa such as Neurankylus spp. The anterior plastral lobe in the new specimen is squared off in profile as seen in Neurankylus spp., unlike the more rounded or triangular condition in Boremys spp., Eubaena hatcheri, and Baena spp., among others. …”
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Medicinal Plant Use in North Karelia, Finland, in the 2010s by Renata Sõukand, Natalia Kuznetsova, Julia Prakofjewa, Sabira Ståhlberg, Ingvar Svanberg, Baiba Prūse, Giulia Mattalia, Raivo Kalle

“…Based on 67 semi-structured interviews, we documented the use of 43 medicinal plant taxa from 25 families, of which 31 remain in use. …”
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The sensitivity of reconstructed carbon dioxide concentrations to stomatal preparation methods using a leaf gas exchange model by Michael D. Machesky, Nathan D. Sheldon, Michael T. Hren, Selena Y. Smith

“…Further study is needed on the fractionation due to carboxylation of ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP) in individual plant species before use as a paleo‐CO2 barometer and to refine estimates based upon widely applied taxa (e.g., Ginkgo). Finally, we recommend that morphological measurements be made by multiple observers to reduce the effect of individual observational biases.…”
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High genomic connectivity within Anatoma at hydrothermal vents along the Central and Southeast Indian Ridge by Katharina Kniesz, Leon Hoffman, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Terue C. Kihara

“…Consequently, 2b-RAD sequencing supported the primary species hypothesis (based on morphology) for 125 individuals of the recently described taxa A. discapex, A. declivis, A. laevapex and A. paucisculpta. …”
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