New method for taxonomic descriptions with coded notation, producing dynamic and interchangeable output.

ABSTRACT: A proposal for taxonomic species description notation is presented to replace the traditional descriptive texts for a coded matrix, avoiding redundant adjectives and subjective descriptions. This is an attempt to enhance the species description rate and to make the descriptions output available to other scientific disciplines, machine learning, interactive and computer-assisted identification keys, metadata analysis and its applications. The method consists of presenting the description of the overall morphology in a coded matrix, following a character list with detailed observed conditions for each character. The method is dynamic and open to amendments and new data addition as they become available. We test the new method describing five new species of Collembola Symphypleona of the genu

SUBMITTER: Zeppelini D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11224494 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature