Chang Chih-Han, Shen Huei-Ping, Sherlock Emma, Csuzdi Csaba
Department of Life Science and Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Life Science and Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University Taipei Taiwan.
Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Nantou, Taiwan Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture Nantou Taiwan.
Biodivers Data J. 2024 May 9;12:e119599. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e119599. eCollection 2024.
Correct and timely identification of an invasive species during quarantine or at an early stage of invasion before establishment or spread is critical for preventing biological invasions. However, taxonomic confusion of potential invasive earthworm species caused by incorrect taxonomic treatment or reckless taxonomic work has made it difficult to properly recognize potential invasion threats. Through analyzing publicly available DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, we confirmed the validity of the specific status of (Beddard, 1892), a peregrine earthworm species in East Asia with the potential to spread to other regions of the world, and designated two new synonyms of : Blakemore, 2012 syn. nov. and Sun and Jiang, 2021 syn. nov. Additionally, the name Dong, Jiang, Yuan, Zhao and Qiu, 2020 is nomenclaturally unavailable since it was published in an electronic journal without ZooBank registration and an explicit statement establishing a new nominal taxon. Specimens described under this unavailable name actually belong to . Inadequate literature review and erroneous species identities associated with sequences in GenBank have caused even more problems in the already confusing earthworm taxonomy.
在检疫期间或在入侵物种建立或扩散之前的早期阶段，正确及时地识别入侵物种对于防止生物入侵至关重要。然而，由于分类处理不当或分类工作草率导致潜在入侵蚯蚓物种的分类混乱，使得难以正确识别潜在的入侵威胁。通过分析线粒体细胞色素氧化酶亚基I（COI）基因的公开可用DNA序列，我们确认了东亚一种有可能扩散到世界其他地区的外来蚯蚓物种（Beddard，1892）的特定地位的有效性，并指定了该物种的两个新同物异名：Blakemore，2012 同物异名新拟和Sun和Jiang，2021 同物异名新拟。此外，Dong，Jiang，Yuan，Zhao和Qiu，2020这个名称在命名上不可用，因为它发表在电子期刊上，没有在ZooBank注册，也没有明确声明建立一个新的命名分类单元。以这个不可用名称描述的标本实际上属于该物种。文献综述不足以及与GenBank中的序列相关的错误物种鉴定在本就混乱的蚯蚓分类学中引发了更多问题。
