Taxonomy is the science that attempts to categorise the many millions of species on Earth. Find out how to define taxonomy, what taxonomists do and why classifying life is so important. The definition ...

A taxonomic reevaluation of two little-known Brimeura taxa, B. fontqueri (Pau) Speta and B. duvigneaudii (L. Llorens) Rosselló et al., has been made. Brimeura fontqueri, described from the Iberian ...

Background and aims –The diatom genus Simonsenia has been considered for some time a minor taxon, limited in its distribution to fresh and slightly brackish waters. Recently, knowledge of its ...

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...