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Polycera norvegica is a valid species, and a plea for good taxonomic practices – a reply to Korshunova et al., 2021
Malaquias, M.A.E.; Sørensen, C.G.; Rauch, C.; Pola, M. (2021). Polycera norvegica is a valid species, and a plea for good taxonomic practices – a reply to Korshunova et al., 2021. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 101(8): 1203-1205. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315422000108
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Keywords
    Polycera norvegica Sørensen, Rauch, Pola & Malaquias, 2020 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
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  • Malaquias, M.A.E., more
  • Sørensen, C.G.
  • Rauch, C.
  • Pola, M.
Abstract
    In this letter we highlight the inconsistencies and dismantle the arguments used by Korshunova et al. (2021) where the authors have treated the nudibranch species Polycera norvegica as a junior synonym of Polycera capitata (original designation: Thecacera capitata). We show that in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Thecacera capitata should be considered a nomen dubium, and we reinstate Polycera norvegica as the valid name of this species.
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