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May 2008

3257 times
Zootaxa 1770: 1-40 (16 May 2008) 11 plates; 69 references                              Accepted: 10 Mar. 2008
The Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Giglio Island (Tuscany, Italy): Shell characters, live animals, and a molecular analysis of egg masses
THOMAS HUELSKEN, CARINA MAREK, STEFAN SCHREIBER, IRIS SCHMIDT & MICHAEL HOLLMANN (Germany)
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2258 times
Zootaxa 1671: 3-31 (1 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                                  Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
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)
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1765 times
Zo
otaxa 1324: 1-357 (28 Sept. 2006) 275  references                                           Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
Checklist of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from Mexico
G. SALGADO-MALDONADO (Mexico)
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1738 times
Zootaxa 1101: 1-119 (19 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 732 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
R. BIELER & R. E. PETIT (USA)
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1719 times
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
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1275 times
Zootaxa 1572: 1-82 (31 Aug. 2007) 24 plates; 244 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs
DIEGO F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (UK) & ROY W. MCDIARMID
(USA)
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1275 times
Zootaxa 1737: 1-182 (31 Mar. 2008) 58 plates; 267 references                           Accepted: 9 Jan. 2008
New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation

S. BLAIR HEDGES, WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN, & MATTHEW P. HEINICKE
(USA)
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1188 times
Zootaxa 1668: 521-548 (21 Dec. 2007) 14  plates;  149 references                      Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera
MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA)
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1183 times
Zootaxa 1564: 1-104 (31 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 61 references                            Accepted: 26 Apr. 2007
Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution
HENDRIK SEGERS
(Belgium)
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1012 times
Zootaxa 1668: 19-40 (21 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 78 references                              Accepted: 20 Nov. 2007
The Tree of Life Web Project
DAVID R. MADDISON (USA), KATJA-SABINE SCHULZ (USA) & WAYNE P. MADDISON (Canada)
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April 2008

2304 times
Zootaxa 1671: 3-31 (1 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                                  Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
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)
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2260 times
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article Part 1  & 2 (PDF; 4890KB)  open access 

1669 times
Zootaxa 1101: 1-119 (19 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 732 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
R. BIELER & R. E. PETIT (USA)
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1546 times
Zo
otaxa 1324: 1-357 (28 Sept. 2006) 275  references                                           Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
Checklist of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from Mexico
G. SALGADO-MALDONADO (Mexico)
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1496 times
Zootaxa 1564: 1-104 (31 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 61 references                            Accepted: 26 Apr. 2007
Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution
HENDRIK SEGERS
(Belgium)
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1275 times
Zootaxa 1737: 1-182 (31 Mar. 2008) 58 plates; 267 references                           Accepted: 9 Jan. 2008
New World direct-developing frogs (Anura: Terrarana): Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography, and conservation

S. BLAIR HEDGES, WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN, & MATTHEW P. HEINICKE
(USA)
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997 times
Zootaxa 1572: 1-82 (31 Aug. 2007) 24 plates; 244 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs
DIEGO F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (UK) & ROY W. MCDIARMID
(USA)
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927 times
Zootaxa 1668: 19-40 (21 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 78 references                              Accepted: 20 Nov. 2007
The Tree of Life Web Project
DAVID R. MADDISON (USA), KATJA-SABINE SCHULZ (USA) & WAYNE P. MADDISON (Canada)
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919 times
Zootaxa 1668: 699-747 (21 Dec. 2007) 9 plates; 163 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity
Niels P.Kristensen (Denmark), Malcolm J. Scoble (UK) & Ole Karsholt (Denmark)
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908 times
Zootaxa 1536: 1-296 (30 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 835 references                            Accepted: 3 Mar. 2007
Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
GREGORY P. SETLIFF 
(USA)
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March 2008

2336 times
Zootaxa 1671: 3-31 (1 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                                  Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
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 | Full article (PDF; 2,200KB)   open access 

1718 times
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article Part 1  & 2 (PDF; 4890KB)  open access 

1584 times
Zo
otaxa 1324: 1-357 (28 Sept. 2006) 275  references                                           Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
Checklist of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from Mexico
G. SALGADO-MALDONADO (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1530KB)   open access 

1244 times
Zootaxa 1101: 1-119 (19 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 732 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
R. BIELER & R. E. PETIT (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 990KB) free     open access 

1158 times
Zootaxa 1564: 1-104 (31 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 61 references                            Accepted: 26 Apr. 2007
Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution
HENDRIK SEGERS
(Belgium)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 670KB)   open access 

1137 times
Zootaxa 1668: 699-747 (21 Dec. 2007) 9 plates; 163 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity
Niels P.Kristensen (Denmark), Malcolm J. Scoble (UK) & Ole Karsholt (Denmark)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1110KB)   open access 

1129 times
Zootaxa 1668: 19-40 (21 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 78 references                              Accepted: 20 Nov. 2007
The Tree of Life Web Project
DAVID R. MADDISON (USA), KATJA-SABINE SCHULZ (USA) & WAYNE P. MADDISON (Canada)
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1069 times
Zootaxa 1730: 27-42 (20 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
Seven new species of Canthochilum Chapin from Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

T. Keith Philips & Michael A. Ivie (USA)
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1018 times
Zootaxa 1728: 1-58 (17 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 74 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A review of the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae and their host plants

KARL N. MAGNACCA, DAVID FOOTE & PATRICK M. O'GRADY (USA)
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1008 times
Zootaxa 377: 1-72 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 331 references                Accepted: 26 November 2003
George Perry’s molluscan taxa and notes on the editions of his Conchology of 1811
R.E. PETIT (USA)

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February 2008

3773 times
Zootaxa 1671: 3-31 (1 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                                  Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
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 | Full article (PDF; 2,200KB)   open access 

2403 times
Zo
otaxa 1324: 1-357 (28 Sept. 2006) 275  references                                           Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
Checklist of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from Mexico
G. SALGADO-MALDONADO (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1530KB)   open access 

1958 times
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article Part 1  & 2 (PDF; 4890KB)  open access 

1737 times
Zo
otaxa
1668: 127-182 (21 Dec. 2007)  254 references                                       Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity three hundred years after Linneaeus 
MARYMEGAN DALY, MERCER R. BRUGLER, PAULYN CARTWRIGHT, ALLEN G. COLLINS, MICHAEL N. DAWSON, DAPHNE G. FAUTIN, SCOTT C. FRANCE, CATHERINE S. MCFADDEN, DENNIS M. OPRESKO, ESTEFANIA RODRIGUEZ, SANDRA ROMANO, JOEL STAKE (USA)
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1432 times
Zootaxa 1101: 1-119 (19 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 732 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
R. BIELER & R. E. PETIT (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 990KB) free     open access 

1393 times
Zootaxa 1668: 19-40 (21 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 78 references                              Accepted: 20 Nov. 2007
The Tree of Life Web Project
DAVID R. MADDISON (USA), KATJA-SABINE SCHULZ (USA) & WAYNE P. MADDISON (Canada)
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1247 times
Zootaxa 1668: 639-698 (21 Dec. 2007) 1 plate;  89 references                             Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
Order Trichoptera Kirby 1813 (Insecta), Caddisflies
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Roger J. Blahnik, Aysha L. Prather & Karl M. Kjer (USA)
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1224 times
Zootaxa 1668: 549-563 (21 Dec. 2007) 2 plates;  80 references                           Accepted: 14 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
PHILIP S. WARD (USA)
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1193 times
Zootaxa 1536: 1-296 (30 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 835 references                            Accepted: 3 Mar. 2007
Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
GREGORY P. SETLIFF 
(USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1370KB)   open access 

1176 times
Zootaxa 1668: 699-747 (21 Dec. 2007) 9 plates; 163 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity
Niels P.Kristensen (Denmark), Malcolm J. Scoble (UK) & Ole Karsholt (Denmark)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1110KB)   open access 

 

January 2008

12559 times
Zootaxa 1671: 3-31 (1 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                                  Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
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 | Full article (PDF; 2,200KB)   open access 

2870 times
Zootaxa 1668: 699-747 (21 Dec. 2007) 9 plates; 163 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity
Niels P.Kristensen (Denmark), Malcolm J. Scoble (UK) & Ole Karsholt (Denmark)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1110KB)   open access 

2116 times
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article Part 1  & 2 (PDF; 4890KB)  open access 

1764 times
Zootaxa 1532: 51-68 (26 Jul. 2007) 7 plates; 65 references                            Accepted: 20 Jun. 2007
Get an eyeful of this: a new species of giant spitting cobra from eastern and north-eastern Africa (Squamata: Serpentes: Elapidae: Naja)
WOLFGANG WUSTER (UK) & DONALD G. BROADLEY (Zimbabwe)
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1751 times
Zootaxa 1668: 639-698 (21 Dec. 2007) 1 plate;  89 references                             Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
Order Trichoptera Kirby 1813 (Insecta), Caddisflies
Ralph W. Holzenthal, Roger J. Blahnik, Aysha L. Prather & Karl M. Kjer (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 2470KB)   open access 

1639 times
Zootaxa 1648: 1-120 (28 Nov. 2007)  16 plates; 276 references                           Accepted: 29 Aug. 2007
Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814–1865): malacological author and publisher
RICHARD E. PETIT
(USA)
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1517 times
Zo
otaxa 1324: 1-357 (28 Sept. 2006) 275  references                                           Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
Checklist of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from Mexico
G. SALGADO-MALDONADO (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1530KB)   open access 

1431 times
Zootaxa 1668: 19-40 (21 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 78 references                              Accepted: 20 Nov. 2007
The Tree of Life Web Project
DAVID R. MADDISON (USA), KATJA-SABINE SCHULZ (USA) & WAYNE P. MADDISON (Canada)
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1360 times
Zootaxa 1668: 521-548 (21 Dec. 2007) 14  plates;  149 references                      Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera
MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 420KB)   open access 

1329 times
Zootaxa 1101: 1-119 (19 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 732 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
R. BIELER & R. E. PETIT (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 990KB) free     open access 

 

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