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Featured publications
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Zootaxa is proud to have been a
publisher of many significant monographs, as well as a wide variety
of high quality smaller papers. Featured here are a selection of
papers by editors. We are primarily interested in showcasing
publications that are well-presented, comprehensive, important or
high-profile. The archive of these papers
also provides a useful reference to potential new authors.
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Landmark
in cybertaxonomy
Zootaxa
1671: 3-31 (1 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references
Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei:
Pomacentridae) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific
RICHARD L. PYLE, JOHN L. EARLE & BRIAN D. GREENE (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free
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article (PDF; 2,200KB) open
access
Find why this is an important paper in
cybertaxonomy in this editorial
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Important
discovery
Zootaxa 1000: 1-24 (27
May 2005) 7 plates; 62 references
Lacantunia enigmatica (Teleostei:
Siluriformes) a new and phylogenetically
puzzling freshwater fish from Mesoamerica
R. RODILES-HERNÁNDEZ (Mexico), D.A.
HENDRICKSON (USA), J.G. LUNDBERG (USA)
& J.M. HUMPHRIES (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full
article (PDF; 550KB) free open
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High-profile
monograph
Zootaxa 1180: 1-172 (21 Apr. 2006) 69 plates;
250 references
The morphology,
higher-level phylogeny and classification of
the Empidoidea (Diptera)
B.J. SINCLAIR (Germany) & J.M. CUMMING
(Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full
article part A, part B (PDF; 3900KB) free open
access
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Zootaxa
1668: 1-766 (21 Dec. 2007)
Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate
Taxonomy
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG & WILLIAM A. SHEAR (EDS)
A collection of 30 full articles with most for open
access
Zootaxa
1568: 1-872 (31 Aug. 2007) 13 plates; 1409 references
An annotated checklist and keys to the
species of Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea)
J.B.J. WELLS (New Zealand)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full
article (PDF; 3500KB) subscription
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Conceptual
synthesis
Zootaxa 1145: 1-110 (10
Mar. 2006) 13 plates; 188 references
The abduction of
phylogenetic hypotheses
K. FITZHUGH (USA)
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article (PDF; 760KB) subscription
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