Journals / Turkish Journal of Zoology / 2012 / Cilt: 36 - Sayı: 1

About the scientific names of paraphyletic taxa

Pages
139–140
DOI
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Abstract

The 'naturality' of monophyletic taxa in comparison with that of paraphyletic ones is discussed, with examples from Clitellata. Regular scientific names for paraphyletic taxa are inevitable in a workable biological classification.

Özet

The 'naturality' of monophyletic taxa in comparison with that of paraphyletic ones is discussed, with examples from Clitellata. Regular scientific names for paraphyletic taxa are inevitable in a workable biological classification.

Keywords: Key words: Paraphyly, monophyly, holophyly, Oligochaeta, Clitellata, Tubificidae, Naididae