Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific

Abstract

Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis 2 (Perciformes 3 : Labroidei 4 : Pomacentridae 5 ) are described from specimens collected from deep (>60 m) coral-reef habitat in the western Pacific by divers using mixed-gas closed-circuit rebreather gear. Two of the five new species (C. abyssus and C. circumaurea) are each described from specimens taken at a single locality within the Caroline Islands (Palau and Yap, respectively); one (C. degruyi) is described from specimens collected or observed throughout the Caroline Islands, and two (C. brevirostris and C. earina) are described from specimens collected from several localities throughout the Caroline Islands, Fiji, and Vanuatu. All five species can easily be distinguished from other known Chromis, and from each other, on the basis of color and morphology. These new species represent the first five scientific names prospectively registered in the official ICZN ZooBank registry 6 . Moreover, the electronic online edition of this document has been specially formatted with many embedded links to additional resources available online via the internet to enhance access to taxonomically-relevant information, and as a demonstration of the utility of international standards for biodiversity informatics.

A Revision of Malagasy Species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

“…The three new species names established herein have been prospectively registered in ZooBank [6]–[8], the official online registration system for the ICZN. The ZooBank publication LSID (Life Science Identifier) for the new species described herein can be viewed through any standard web browser by appending the LSID to the prefix “http://zoobank.org/”.…”

Revision of the stiletto fly genus Neodialineura Mann (Diptera: Therevidae): an empirical example of cybertaxonomy

“…Diagnosis is aided by the provision of embedded links in the document to high-resolution digital images of males and females of all species in Morphbank. All nomenclatural acts, authors and literature are registered in Zoobank as per the recent proposed amendment to the International Code of Zoological nomenclature for a universal register for animal names (Polaszek et al 2005a,b;Pyle et al 2008;ICZN 2008).…”

“…What is needed to revitalise this process is a dramatic paradigm shift in methodology used to describe species from tedious traditional methods to rapid, semi-automated ones that also utilise the numerous web resources available in online databases. In the online edition of their seminal paper describing new species of Chromis Cuvier, Pyle et al (2008) included extensive usage of hypertext links to electronic content either within the paper (i.e. internal) or external content available on the Internet.…”

“…internal) or external content available on the Internet. Corresponding to current guidelines of the Taxonomic Database Working Group (TDWG), external hypertext links were represented as Life Science Identifiers (LSID) enclosed within a HTTP proxy (see Pyle et al 2008). In the same year, Johnson et al (2008) and Deans & Kawada (2008) published papers describing new species of wasps (Hymenoptera) with online editions similarly enhanced with web resources, heralding the beginning of a new era in methodology for taxonomic description.…”

ZooBank and the next edition of the Code – challenges and new developments in the 250thyear of zoological nomenclature

“…, andPyle et al (2008) (among others currently in press) are examples of papers containing nomenclatural acts that were registered in ZooBank before publication. The ZooBank LSIDs (Life Science Identifiers) of those acts are published in appendices in these papers and directly linked from the text of the electronic versions of these papers.…”