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Zootaxa 3176: 1–44 (27 Jan. 2012
A cryptic complex of species related to Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970
from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific, including descriptions of ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Digenea: Transversotrematidae)
JANET A. HUNTER & THOMAS H. CRIBB (Australia)




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News 23/01/12 During the week of  23 January to 27 January 2012,  32 articles and 4 correspondence oAmphibiaCrustacea, Pisces, Araneae, Acari, Reptilia, Porifera, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Tardigrada, Annelida , Myriapoda and insects (Coleoptera, HemipteraHymenoptera, Diptera, Isoptera, Collembola, Orthoptera) with a total of 613 pages were published by 97 authors representing 23 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Australasia, Africa and Asia.
05/01/12
The number of papers published of Zootaxa has exceeded 9,000!
31/08/11
The number of authors of Zootaxa has exceeded 9,000!

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Topic  Zootaxa special issues  
» Animal Biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and ...
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Research on the Terrestrial Arthropods of Sardinia

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Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef
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Deep-sea Taxonomy—a Contribution to our Knowledge of Biodiversity
» Bringing Light into Deep-sea Biodiversity
» Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy
» Updating the Linnaean Heritage: Names as Tools for Thinking about Animals and Plants
Views  A forum for taxonomists 
» An index to evaluate the quality of taxonomic publications  
» Cyber nomenclaturalists and the “CESA itch”Comments
» BioCode: Third time lucky?  | Four related papers in Bionomina 3
» Describing unexplored biodiversity: Zootaxa in ... Year of Biodiversity
» Genetypes: a concept to help integrate molecular phylogenetics & ...
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Phylogenies without Synapomorphies—A Crisis in Fish Systematics
» Syngraph for graphic display and interactive use of synonym lists
» ZooBank: Developing a nomenclatural tool for unifying 250 years of... 
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Invertebrate systematics or spineless taxonomy?
» Accelerating taxonomic discovery via automated character extraction
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Helping solve the "other" taxonomic impedimentComments
» The "Mihi itch"—a brief history
Books  Monographs & revisions 
» Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil Part 1 p1-300  & part 2 p301-628
» Revision of the femoralis group of Blepharoneura (Diptera: Tephritidae)
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On diagnostic characters of Stygonitocrella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida)
» New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana)
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Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae  (Insecta: Diptera) of China
» A revision of the Australian handfishes | George Perry’s molluscan taxa
» Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs
» Revision of the Mexican and Central American species of Mortoniella
» An annotated check list of the world’s whiteflies
» Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world
» Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera)
» Phylogeny and systematics of the leafhopper subfamily Ledrinae
» Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae
Free !  Open-access papers       
» Animal biodiversity: An introduction to higher-level classification ...
» A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life | The Tree of Life Web Project
» Cybertaxonomy exemplar: Five new species of the damselfish...Chromis
» Revision of Neodialineura: an empirical example of cybertaxonomy
» Learning from Linnaeus: towards ... foundation for ... morphology
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Review of eriococcid genera (Sternorrhyncha) of South Americae
» Phylogeny and higher classification of the scale insects
» A revision of Eugorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)
» On the molecular phylogeny of sponges (Porifera)
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Taxonomic revision of the stone geckos of southern Australia
» A review of taxonomic concepts in the Nannoniscidae
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At the lower size limit in snakes | Three new pygmy seahorse species
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Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera
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Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera | Phylum Echinodermata
» Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny
» The insect order Thysanoptera: classification versus systematics
» Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Laos | Order Trichoptera
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A synopsis of the orchid weevil genus Orchidophilus Buchanan
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Accelerate taxonomic discovery

As the top journal in species discovery, Zootaxa has published >one-eighth of new taxa indexed in Zoological Record since 2004!  
10 new species
of Platyhelminthes and more are published in papers today.

Spotlight our taxonomists

Dr. Paulo Passos was the 2011 recipient of The Joseph B. Slowinski Award for Excellence in Snake Systematics for his Zootaxa paper on  "Brazilian Atlantic Forest Atractus"
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Facilitate scientific debates

Morphological and Molecular Approaches to the Phylogeny of Fishes: Integration or Conflict?
MARCELO R. DE CARVALHO & MATTHEW T. CRAIG (EDS)
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Zootaxa supports and encourages open-access. Over 1,000 papers were published for open access. Read our hot free books/papers,especially special volume Animal Biodiversity

Increase impact of taxonomy 

Zootaxa published many high impact monographs, including many highly cited papers/books in taxonomy. It is among the most highly cited journals by Wikipedia and is frequently covered in global news media. Zootaxa's impact factor continues to increase and was a featured journal of Essential Science Indicators in 2008.

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