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Taxonomic remark: Meca et al (2024: 76) clarified Orbiniella petersenae thus:...

Note "Taxonomic remark: Meca et al (2024: 76) clarified Orbiniella petersenae thus: "among the NE Atlantic/Nordic Orbiniella species, Orbiniella petersenae sensu stricto is most similar to O. parapari...

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Etymology: authors: Stygocapitella itoi is named for "Dr Tatsunori Itô...

Note "Etymology: authors: Stygocapitella itoi is named for "Dr Tatsunori Itô (1945–1990), who greatly contributed to Japanese meiobenthology through a handbook for the general public, "Organisms in...

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Type locality: 27 m inland from the high water line, Ishikari Beach, near...

Note "Type locality: 27 m inland from the high water line, Ishikari Beach, near Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, 43.2471 N, 141.3478 E (43 14.828' N, 141 20.8683' E)." for taxon Stygocapitella itoi...

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Nomenclature: New name for part of Rostellaria bispinosa Phillips, 1829 (pl....

Note "Nomenclature: New name for part of Rostellaria bispinosa Phillips, 1829 (pl. 4, fig. 32, non pl. 6, fig. 13; therefore, not a replacement name as implied by Gründel & Nützel 2013)." for taxon...

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Status: Status and classification uncertain, the taxon is in need of...

Note "Status: Status and classification uncertain, the taxon is in need of revision. D'Orbigny (1850) introduced for part of the material (Phillips 1829, pl. 4, fig. 32, non pl. 6, fig. 13) a new name,...

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Macrocheilus Kirby, 1838 [Coleoptera];...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Macrocheilus Kirby, 1838 [Coleoptera]; Duncania Bayle, 1879 (non de Koninck, 1872) and Macrochilina Bayle, 1880 are replacement names." for taxon Macrocheilus...

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Type locality: Inside dark-coloured mud around a vesicomyid clam colony,...

Note "Type locality: Inside dark-coloured mud around a vesicomyid clam colony, Haima methane seep (16°43.937'N, 110°27.681'E, depth 1385 m), South China Sea, taken using a push-corer by ROV Pioneer,...

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Taxonomic remark: This name is not a real nomen oblitum, as Emerson &...

Note "Taxonomic remark: This name is not a real nomen oblitum, as Emerson & Cernohorsky their paper was published 30 May 1973 and this date is after 1 Jan. 1973. This name was based on D. lobata...

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Page citation: Paco & Manolo. 2024. Diplacrum, Cyperaceae. In Global...

Note "Page citation: Paco & Manolo. 2024. Diplacrum, Cyperaceae. In Global Cyperaceae Database etc etc [TEST]" for taxon Diplacrum africanum (Benth.) C.B.Clarke has been added by Bart Vanhoorne via...

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Mitra protracta Bellardi, 1887 for taxon...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Mitra protracta Bellardi, 1887" for taxon Mitra zonata var. protracta Pallary, 1900 has been added by Thomas A. Neubauer via the webinterface on...

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Mitra transsylvanica Hoernes & Auinger,...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Mitra transsylvanica Hoernes & Auinger, 1880" for taxon Mitra goniophora transsylvanica Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1954 † has been added by Thomas A. Neubauer...

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Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Mitra brevis Bellard, 1887 for taxon...

Note "Homonymy: Invalid: junior homonym of Mitra brevis Bellard, 1887" for taxon Mitra (Nebularia) limosa var. brevis Dautzenberg, 1935 has been added by Thomas A. Neubauer via the webinterface on...

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Etymology: The species name is a latinization of "clearwater," the name of...

Note "Etymology: The species name is a latinization of "clearwater," the name of the Idaho county and drainage in which the holotype was discovered." for taxon Octoglena claraqua Shelley, Richart &...

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Etymology: We are pleased to name this species for our colleague Bill...

Note "Etymology: We are pleased to name this species for our colleague Bill Leonard, who has, by his assiduous collecting, more than doubled the number of milliped species known from the state of...

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Etymology: The new genus name is derived from the Greek νότιος (nótios),...

Note "Etymology: The new genus name is derived from the Greek νότιος (nótios), meaning southern, and from the Greek ῥῑìς (rhîìs; genitive: ῥῑνός (rhînós)), meaning nose. The name refers to the...

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Etymology: The species name refers to its type locality in Southern...

Note "Etymology: The species name refers to its type locality in Southern California, commonly shortened to SoCal." for taxon Illacme socal Marek & Shear, 2023 has been added by Derek Hennen via...

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Nomenclature: The publication does not conform to the requirements for...

Note "Nomenclature: The publication does not conform to the requirements for online-only nomenclatural acts. There is no ZooBank registration and no print issue so the nomenclature will not be...

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Synonymy: In literature Nais vermicularis O. F. Müller 1774 has been often...

Note "Synonymy: In literature Nais vermicularis O. F. Müller 1774 has been often placed as a junior synonym of Chaetogaster diaphanus (Gruithuisen, 1828) (originally Nais diaphana Gruithuisen, 1828),...

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Editor's comment: Although Chaetogaster vermicularis (Müller, 1774) is a...

Note "Editor's comment: Although Chaetogaster vermicularis (Müller, 1774) is a senior name it has often been placed as a synonym against its priority to other names. An editor has written (without...

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Taxonomic remark: Malformed suffix. The name should be emended to forficatus,...

Note "Taxonomic remark: Malformed suffix. The name should be emended to forficatus, as the generic name is masculine. DIG" for taxon Diaphorocleidus forficata Santos-Neto, Paixão & Domingues, 2024...

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