Ocean Species Discoveries 1–12 — A primer for accelerating marine invertebrate taxonomy

• DOI: 10.3897/bdj.12.e128431
• Publication Date: 2024-08-07T06:45:16Z
• Authors: Senckenberg Ocean...; Angelika Brandt; Chong Chen; Laura Engel; Patricia Esquete; Tammy Horton; Anna Jażdżewska; Nele Johannsen; Stefanie Kaiser; Terue Kihara; Henry Knauber; Katharina Kniesz; Jannes Landschoff; Anne-Nina Lörz; Fabrizio Machado; Carlos Martínez-M...; Torben Riehl; Amanda Serpell-St...; Julia Sigwart; Anne Helene Tandberg; Ramiro Tato; Miwako Tsuda; Katarzyna Vončina; Hiromi Watanabe; Christian Wenz; Jason Williams
• Keywords: Marine invertebrates

Discoveries of new species often depend on one or a few specimens, leading to delays as researchers wait for additional context, sometimes decades. There is currently little professional incentive single expert publish stand-alone description. Additionally, while many journals accept taxonomic descriptions, even specialist expect insights beyond the descriptive work itself. The combination these factors exacerbates issue that only small fraction marine are known and discoveries described at slow pace, they face increasing threats from accelerating global change. To tackle this challenge, first compilation