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Prof. Dr Bouchet, Philippe
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Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle; Department Systematics and Evolution, more

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International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), more

Function: Member

MolluscaBase eds., more

Function: Chief taxonomic editor

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Chief taxonomic editor

A register of marine species in Europe to facilitate marine biodiversity research and management, more
Bringing biogeographical data online, more
Distributed Dynamic Diversity Databases for Life, more
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more
Web Accessible Taxonomic Expertise in MarBEF: PROviding an e-Platform for the European Taxonomists, more

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A1 Publications (35) [show]
Cowie, R.H.; Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2026). Devastation of island biodiversity: A land snail perspective. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. (B Biol. Sci.) 381(1942): 20240425. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2024.0425, more Corbari, L.; Bouchet, P.; Le Gall, L.; Hourdez, S.; Frutos, I.; Gouillieux, B.; Vassard, E.; Moutardier, G.; Chen, W.-J.; Ng, S.-L.; Bhagooli, R; Ramah, S.; Kaullysing, D.; Munbodhe, V.; Labonte, C.; Boone, R.; Bender, S. (2025). New insights in benthic biodiversity of the saya de Malha Bank. Deep-Sea Res., Part II, Top. Stud. Oceanogr. 222: 105500. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2025.105500, more Bouchet, P.; Decock, W.; Lonneville, B.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L. (2023). Marine biodiversity discovery: The metrics of new species descriptions. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.929989, more Fassio, G.; Stefani, M.; Russini, V.; Buge, B.; Bouchet, P.; Treneman, N.T.; Malaquias, M.A.E.; Schiaparelli, S.; Modica, M.V.; Oliverio, M. (2023). Neither slugs nor snails: A molecular reappraisal of the gastropod family Velutinidae. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 197(4): 924-964. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac091, more Kantor, Y.I.; Fedosov, A.E.; Kosyan, A.R.; Puillandre, N.; Sorokin, P.A.; Kano, Y.; Clark, R.; Bouchet, P. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and revised classification of the Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 194(3): 789-857. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab031, more Moncada, E.; Lord, A.; Simone, L.R.L.; Adjei-Boateng, D.; Bouchet, P.; Strong, E.E.; Bieler, R.; Giribet, G. (2022). Marine surf to freshwater: a molecular phylogeny of Donacidae (Bivalvia: Heterodonta). Invertebrate Systematics 36(11): 984-1001. https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/is22026, more Rosenberg, G.; Auffenberg, K.; Bank, R.; Bieler, R.; Bouchet, P.; Herbert, D.; Köhler, F.; Neubauer, T.A.; Neubert, E.; Páll-Gergely, B.; Richling, I.; Schneider, S. (2022). Adapting mark-recapture methods to estimating accepted species-level diversity: A case study with terrestrial Gastropoda. PeerJ 10: e13139. https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13139, more Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Buge, B.; Schiaparelli, S.; Modica, M.V.; Bouchet, P.; Oliverio, M. (2020). High cryptic diversity in the kleptoparasitic genus Hyalorisia Dall, 1889 (Littorinimorpha: Capulidae) with the description of nine new species from the Indo-West Pacific. J. Moll. Stud. 86(4): 401-421. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaa028, more Strong, E.E.; Bouchet, P. (2020). Hidden in plain sight: two co-occurring cryptic species of Supplanaxis in the Caribbean (Cerithioidea, Planaxidae). ZooKeys 991: 85-109. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.991.57521, more Fedosov, A.E.; Gutierrez, M.C.; Buge, B.; Sorokin, P.V.; Puillandre, N.; Bouchet, P. (2019). Mapping the missing branch on the neogastropod tree of life: molecular phylogeny of marginelliform gastropods. J. Moll. Stud. 85(4): 440-452. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz028, more Strong, E.E.; Bouchet, P. (2018). A rare and unusual new bittiine genus with two new species from the South Pacific (Cerithiidae, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 758: 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.758.25100, more Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Hausdorf, B.; Kaim, A.; Kano, Y.; Nützel, A.; Parkhaev, P.; Schrödl, M.; Strong, E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61(1-2): 1-526. https://dx.doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201, more Cowie, R.H.; Régnier, C.; Fontaine, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Measuring the sixth extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41, more Galindo, L.A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 99: 337-353. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.019, more Puillandre, N.; Stöcklin, R.; Favreau, P.; Bianchi, E.; Perret, F.; Rivasseau, A.; Limpalaër, L.; Monnier, E.; Bouchet, P. (2014). When everything converges: Integrative taxonomy with shell, DNA and venomic data reveals Conus conco, a new species of cone snails (Gastropoda: Conoidea). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 80: 186-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.024, more Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, T.C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Appeltans, W. (2013). Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases. PLoS One 8(1): 20 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629, more Fontaine, B.; van Achterberg, K.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A.; Araujo, A.; Asche, M.; Aspöck, H.; Aspöck, U.; Audisio, P.; Aukema, B.; Bailly, N.; Balsamo, M.; Bank, R.A.; Belfiore, C.; Bogdanowicz, W.; Boxshall, G.; Burckhardt, D.; Chylarecki, P.; Deharveng, L.; Dubois, A.; Enghoff, H.; Fochetti, R.; Fontaine, C.; Gargominy, O.; Lopez, M.S.G.; Goujet, D.; Harvey, M.S.; Heller, K.; van Helsdingen, P.; Hoch, H.; de Jong, Y.; Karsholt, O.; Los, W.; Magowski, W.; Massard, J.A.; McInnes, S.J.; Mendes, L.; Mey, E.; Michelsen, V.; Minelli, A.; Nafria, J.M.N.; van Nieukerken, E.J.; Pape, T.; De Prins, W.; Ramos, M.; Ricci, C.; Roselaar, C.; Rota, E.; Segers, H.; Timm, T.; Van Tol, J.; Bouchet, P. (2012). New species in the Old World: Europe as a frontier in biodiversity exploration, a test bed for 21st century taxonomy. PLoS One 7(5): e36881. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036881, more Fontaine, B.; Perrard, A.; Bouchet, P. (2012). 21 years of shelf life between discovery and description of new species. Curr. Biol. 22(22): R943-R944. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.029, more Pante, E.; Corbari, L.; Thubaut, J.; Chan, T.-Y.; Mana, R.; Boisselier, M.-C.; Bouchet, P.; Samadi, S. (2012). Exploration of the deep-sea fauna of Papua New Guinea. Oceanography 25(3): 214-225. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.65, more Barco, A.; Claremont, M.; Reid, D.G.; Houart, R.; Bouchet, P.; Williams, S.T.; Cruaud, C.; Couloux, A.; Oliverio, M. (2010). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the Muricidae, a diverse family of carnivorous gastropods. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 56(3): 1025-1039. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.008, more Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P.; Bieler, R.; Carter, J.G.; Coan, E.V. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families, with a classification of bivalve families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201, more Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Emblow, C.S.; Legakis, A. (2006). European marine biodiversity inventory and taxonomic resources: state of the art and gaps in knowledge. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 316: 257-268, more Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp., more Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2003). New species and genera of the family Pickworthiidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Zoosystema 25(4): 569-591, more Bouchet, P.; Lozouet, P.; Maestrati, P.; Héros, V. (2002). Assessing the magnitude of species richness in tropical marine environments: Exceptionally high numbers of molluscs at a New Caledonia site. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 75(4): 421-436, more Abdou, A.; Bouchet, P. (2000). Nouveaux gastéropodes Endodontidae et Punctidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata) récemment éteints de l ’archipel des Gambier (Polynésie). Zoosystema 22(4): 689-707, more Bouchet, P.; Gargominy, O. (1998). Action Plan formulation for molluscan conservation: getting the facts together for a global perspective. J. Conch., Lond. Spec. Publ. 2: 45-50, more Bouchet, P.; Ripken, T.; Recorbet, B. (1998). Conservation of a narrow-range Mediterranean Island endemic, Helix ceratina from Corsica. J. Conch., Lond. Spec. Publ. 2: 205-208, more Seddon, M.B.; Killeen, I.J.; Bouchet, P.; Bogan, A.E. (1998). Developing a strategy for molluscan conservation in the next century. J. Conch., Lond. Spec. Publ. 2: 295-298, more Backeljau, T.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; De Bruyn, L. (1994). Genetic variation, systematics and distribution of the venerid clam Chamelea gallina. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 74: 211-223. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400035773, more Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (1994). A new coralliophilid-like Muricid (Gastropoda, Muricldae) from the Coral Sea. J. Conch., Lond. 35: 131-135, more Warén, A.; Bouchet, P. (1990). Laevipilina rolani, a new monoplacophoran from off southwestern Europe. J. Moll. Stud. 56: 449-453. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/56.3.449, more Bouchet, P. (1983). Chronique: Opisthobranchia des Mittelmeeres: Nudibranchia und Saccoglossa par L. Smekel et A. Portmann. Cah. Biol. Mar. 24(2): 253-255, more Bouchet, P.; Guillemot, H. (1978). The Triphora perversa-complex in Western Europe. J. Moll. Stud. 44(3): 344-356. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065441, more Bouchet, P. (1975). Opisthobranches de profondeur de l'Océan Atlantique: 1. Cephalaspidea = Deep-sea opisthobranches from the Atlantic Ocean: 1.Cephalaspidea. Cah. Biol. Mar. 16(3): 317-365, more
Peer reviewed publications (23) [show]
Touitou, D.; Puillandre, N.; Bouchet, P.; Clovel, P. (2020). Description of two new species of cone snails from the Lesser Antilles. Xenophora taxonomy 30: 40-45, more Olivera, B.M.; Saguil, N.; Bouchet, P. (2019). The Conus sulcatus species complex in the Philippines: Analysis of forms collected off Aurora, Eastern Luzon. Visaya 5(3): 39-61, more Monnier, E.; Tenorio, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Puillandre, N. (2018). The cones (Gastropoda) from Madagascar "Deep South": composition, endemism and new taxa. Xenophora taxonomy 19: 25-75, more Bouchet, P.; Bary, S.; Héros, V.; Marani, G. (2016). How many species of molluscs are there in the world’s oceans, and who is going to describe them?, in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 208: pp. 9-24, more Héros, V.; Strong, E.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (2016). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 208. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 978-2-85653-774-9. 463 + cd-rom pp., more Bouchet, P.; Héros, V.; Lozouet, P.; Maestrati, P. (2008). A quarter-century of deep-sea malacological exploration in the South and West Pacific: Where do we stand? How far to go?, in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 196: pp. 9-40, more Héros, V.; Cowie, R.H.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (2008). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 196. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 978-2-85653-614-8. 805 + 1 cd-rom pp., more Von Cosel, R.; Bouchet, P. (2008). Tropical deep-water lucinids (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Indo-Pacific: essentially unknown, but diverse and occasionally gigantic, in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 196: pp. 115-213, more Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B.A. (Ed.) (2001). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 185. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-527-5. 406 pp., more Sysoev, A.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Gastéropodes turriformes (Gastropoda: Conoidea) nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Ouest Pacifique = New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific, in: Bouchet, P. et al. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 185: pp. 271-320, more Richer de Forges, B.; Newell, P.; Schlacher-Hoenlinger, M.; Schlacher, T.; Nating, D.; Césa, F.; Bouchet, P. (2000). La campagne MUSORSTOM 10 dans l'archipel des îles Fidji. Compte rendu et liste des stations, in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 184: pp. 9-23, more Richer de Forges, B.; Bouchet, P.; Dayrat, B.; Warén, A.; Philippe, J.-S. (2000). La campagne BORDAU 1 sur la ride de Lau (îles Fidji). Compte rendu et liste des stations, in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 184: pp. 25-38, more Bouchet, P. (1997). Inventorying the molluscan diversity of the world: what is our rate of progress? Veliger 40(1): 1-11, more Crosnier, A.; Richer de Forges, B.; Bouchet, P. (1997). La campagne KARUBAR en Indonésie, au large des îles Kai et Tanimbar, in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 172: pp. 9-26, more Crosnier, A.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1997). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indonésienne KARUBAR. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 172. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-506-2. 667 pp., more Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1995). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-217-9. 654 pp., more Bouchet, P.; Poppe, G.T. (1995). A review of the deep-water volute genus Calliotectum (Gastropoda: Volutidae), in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 167: pp. 499-525, more Crosnier, A.; Bouchet, P. (Ed.) (1991). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 150. Éditions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-180-6. 259 pp., more Warén, A.; Bouchet, P. (1991). Mollusca Gastropoda: Systematic position and revision of Haloceras Dall, 1889 (Caenogastropoda, Haloceratidae fam. nov.), in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 150: pp. 111-161, more Piani, P.; Bouchet, P.; Ghisotti, F. (1990). Lavori malacologici di G.S. Coen. Boll. Malacologico 26(5-9): 148-152, more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico, Suppl. 1. Societa Italiana di Malacologia: Milano. 123-296 pp., more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1985). Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa, in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 133: pp. 457-499, plates I-XVIII, more Bouchet, P.; Tardy, J. (1976). Faunistique et biogéographie des Nudibranches des côtes françaises de l'Atlantique et de la Manche. Ann. Inst. Océanogr. 52: 201-213, more
Books (4) [show]
Bouchet, P. (2008). Shells. Abbeville Press Publishers: New York. ISBN 978-0-7892-0989-4. 168 pp., more Bouchet, P. (1992). Terre océane. Imprimerie Nationale Éditions: Paris. ISBN 2-11-081143-9. 188 pp., more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. Supplement, 8. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 119 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/46.Supplement_8.1, more Bouchet, P.; Danrigal, F.; Huyghens, C. (1978). Coquillages des côtes atlantiques et de la Manche. Editions du Pacifique: Papeete. ISBN 2-85700-099-5. 144 pp., more
Book chapters (6) [show]
Cowie, R.H.; Fontaine, B.; Bouchet, P. (2023). Non-marine molluscs, in: Maclean, N. (Ed.) The living planet. The state of the world's wildlife. pp. 288-310. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108758826.016, more Bouchet, P. (2017). Marine biodiversity: what is there still to discover?, in: Euzen, A. et al. (Ed.) The ocean revealed. pp. 136-137, more Bouchet, P. (2006). The magnitude of marine biodiversity, in: Duarte, C.M. (Ed.) The exploration of marine biodiversity: scientific and technological challenges. pp. 31-62, more Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213, more Bouchet, P.; Warén, A. (1994). Ontogenic migration and dispersal of deep-sea gastropod larvae, in: Young, C.M. et al. (Ed.) Reproduction, larval biology and recruitment of the deep-sea benthos. pp. 98-117, more Bouchet, P. (1984). Les Triphoridae de Méditerranée et du proche Atlantique (Mollusca, Gastropoda), in: Atti del simposio "Sistematica dei prosobranchi del Mediterraneo", Bologna, 24-26 Sett. 1982. Lavori della Societa Italiana di Malacologia, 21: pp. 5-58, more
Abstracts (5) [show]
Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2011). The World Register of Marine Species: An authoritative, open-access web-resource for all marine species, in: The future of the 21st century ocean: Marine Sciences and European Research Infrastructures. An International Symposium, 28th June - 1 July 2011 Brest, France. pp. 30, more Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; Hoeksema, B.W.; van Soest, R.W. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species, in: A decade of discovery: Census of Marine Life 2010. The J. Frederick Grassle Scientific Symposium on the Census of Marine Life: Poster abstracts. pp. [1], more Bouchet, P. (2006). Inventorying the marine biodiversity of the world: what is our rate of progress?, in: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning EU Network of Excellence: General Assembly - Science Meeting Lecce (Italy) 9-11 May 2006: Book of Abstracts. pp. 2, more Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.S.; Bouchet, P.; Legakis, A. (2004). An analysis of gaps in knowledge of marine biodiversity in Europe, in: Ocean Biodiversity Informatics, Hamburg, Germany: 29 November to 1 December 2004: book of abstracts. pp. 43, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C. (2004). European Register for Marine Species version 2.0: data management, current status and plans for the future, in: Ocean Biodiversity Informatics, Hamburg, Germany: 29 November to 1 December 2004: book of abstracts. pp. 29, more
Other publication [show]
Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)/WoRMS Steering Committee: Oostende. 1 poster pp., more
Thesis (co-)promotor [show]
Vanmaele, S. (2010). Rooting biodiversity studies in "good taxonomy": Overwhelmed by small & rare species. MSc Thesis. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution: Paris. 39 pp., more