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Sep 29, 2022Keywords:
Integrative taxonomy; molecular species description; morphological species description; crypsis
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Cautioning the move from morphology to molecules in the taxonomy of Metazoa: Comments on Lawley et al. (PeerJ 2021;9, e11954) and a plea for considered integration
Michael K. Brown
Mark J. Gibbons
Abstract
This paper serves as a commentary on a recently published paper by Lawley et al. (PeerJ 2021;9, e11954). We caution the adoption of practices in the taxonomy of Scyphozoa by Lawley et al. on the basis that they may lead to taxonomic splits and parallel taxonomies in the face of a concerted push towards integrative taxonomy.
