Vector and Waterborne Pathogens Research Group, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Perth, WA, Australia.
Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Parasit Vectors. 2019 Apr 24;12(1):178. doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3439-2.
In a letter to the Editor, Harris considers the eight new species of Apicomplexa that were recently identified and named to be invalid on the basis that only molecular characters were provided in the species descriptions. In this response, we counter that the species names are valid as the descriptions have met the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature; molecular characters can be used to satisfy article 13.1.1 of the code.
在给编辑的一封信中，哈里斯认为最近确定并命名的八种新的 Apicomplexa 物种是无效的，理由是物种描述中仅提供了分子特征。在这篇回应中，我们反驳说这些物种名称是有效的，因为描述符合国际动物命名法规的要求；分子特征可用于满足法规第 13.1.1 条的要求。
