Title of article :
About the scientific names of paraphyletic taxa
Author/Authors :
TIMM, Tarmo Estonian University of Life Sciences - Center for Limnology, ESTONIA
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.
Keywords :
Paraphyly , monophyly , holophyly , Oligochaeta , Clitellata , Tubificidae , Naididae
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Zoology
Journal title :
Turkish Journal of Zoology
