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[edit] Name
The name section should at least contain the name of the taxon. For taxa equal to genus level or lower, these names must be italicized. This is a scientific convention. The name of the taxon is followed by the sanctioning author, and the year when the name was approved. For older publications, this is the same as the year of publication.
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758
or:
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
Note that the author is linked to author pages, for which wikispecies has a whole section of articles. Consult Help:Author Names on how to deal with author names.
Sometimes there will be more than one author name given to a certain taxon. In that case use a comma seperated list and an & for the last author. Wrap individual names into link brackets and not the whole list of authors. If there is more than 4 authors it is suggested to use the latin abbreviation "et al." (et alii), which is latin for "and others". In the reference section, you can add the full list of authors, when you provide the original source. Sometimes there are parenthesis around one or two authors, and no parenthesis around the others. This is a special transcription and should be used like that. It means the species was originally described by the person or persons within the parenthesis, but was given a different name by the other authors for multiple reasons. The year following in that case is the year in which the species was renamed.
Glomus versiculiferum (Thaxt.) Gerd. & Trappe, 1974
Bacillus odysseyi La Duc et al., 2004
[edit] Type locality
Some sources provide information about holotypes. Holotypes are specimens of species on which the sanctioning author based his descriptions. Most of the time this is the first time such an organism was found. The type locality describes the place and environment where the holotype was found. Give as much detail as your sources provide.
Type locality: Los Pambiles (00°32'N, 78°38'W, 1200 m elevation), Río Piedras, Cordillera de Toisán, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador.
The term type locality can only be found on species level or lower.
[edit] Type material
Holotypes (and other type material) are sometimes stored in museums, and thus the public is able to see what the specimen actually looks like. When such a specimen is stored, the specimen is given a 'tag', which contains a museum number, and an abbreviation of the museum itself. This allows specialists to do further research on already described species, and to check the description of the sanctioning author. All Holotypes are listed on the main Holotype page. The link should be directed to Holotype but masked by the caption of Museum abbreviations. (Click edit on this section to see how the example is done.)
Holotype: EPN 851241.
The Holotype can only be found on species level or lower.
[edit] Synonyms
Taxonomy is a flexible scientific branch. As common knowledge about organisms progresses, taxonomical history is rewritten, and this leads to new names for certain organisms. These older names can still be found in older reference works, and thus have historical value, as much as taxonomical value. Because visitors might look for the older scientific names, it is vital that the synonyms are presented. Add the synonyms section as a level 3 subsection of the name section, and provide the synonyms bulleted.
Example:
===Synonyms=== * Motacilla indica Gmelin, 1789
If the Motacilla indica page exists, change it to a redirect to the right page:
#REDIRECT [[Dendronanthus indicus]]
[edit] Full example
A full name section would then be formatted as:
==Name== ''Glomus przelewicense'' [[Błaszk.]], 1988 Host-Substratum/Locality: From soil under ''[[Thuja occidentalis]]'': Poland Holotype: [[Holotype|DPP]] 578 ===Synonyms=== * ''Glomus przelewicensis'' [[Błaszk.]], 1988
And when saved or previewed, this would appear as:
[edit] Name
Glomus przelewicense Błaszk., 1988
Host-Substratum/Locality: From soil under Thuja occidentalis: Poland
Holotype: DPP 578
[edit] Synonyms
- Glomus przelewicensis Błaszk., 1988
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