Something akin to the notion of a Lazarus speceis: ""Lazarus species" is applied to organisms that have been rediscovered as being still alive after having been widely considered extinct for years". The idea of a Romeo Error is when conservationists pre-maturely label a species "EXTINCT" and then do NOTHING to conserve its habitat...so it may eventually die-off after no conservation attention has been given (yet it was alive!). Do freshwater fish biologists/naturalists find this term useful. Any examples? Is there anything published using this term or its kin?
first of all I want to thank you for your question. I came to know about Lazarus species from your question and found some intersting facts. I got something in wiki. Black kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae) Believed extinct in 1940, rediscovered in 2010. you can also search in this link http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10228-011-0204-8 .
These things make the news and are great! BUT I must stress they also help make us field researchers more careful - we must not easily call something extinct....
Thanks
You should also keep in mind that the term Lazarus Taxon may also refer to an extinct (fossil) taxon which was belived to have become extinct at a certain point but later appears again in the fossil record.
(Some examples are discussed in this paper:
Wignall, Benton, 1999, Lazarus taxa and fossil abundance at times of biotic crisis. Journal of the Geological Society, 156: 453-456.
http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/156/3/453.abstract)
And there is the elvis taxon, which looks like an extinct taxon but not identical to it. (The name is, of cause, derived from the frequent reports of Elvis Presley sightings which lead by some to the firm belive taht elvis is still alive.)
An example are the Jurassic bivalves Steinmannia bronni and Bositra buchi which look remarkable similar to the Carboniferrous bivalve Posidonia. In fact the Jurassic Posidonian shale is named after these to species.)
A quick Google brings up David Roberts: http://www.drdavidroberts.com/index.php?id=research
I had to look up a few but here are some papers that deal with Elvis Taxa:
The paper that introduced the term:
Erwin, D.H., Droser M.L. 1993, Elvis taxa. Palaios 8(6): 623-624.
A paper in French with an english abstract only taht seems to argue against the use of the term "Elvis taxon":
Lethiers F., Casier J.-G. 1999, Taxons "Lazares" et taxons "Elvis': ~ utiliser avec circonspection. [Lazarus and Elvis taxa: to use cautiously]. GEOBIOS, 32, 5: 727-731. Villeurbanne, le 31.10.1999.
Two examples for Elvis taxa with an interesting biblography:
Wrzołek,T . 2002. Devonian history of diversity of the rugosan Cyathaxonia fauna. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(2): 397–404.
Saucéde, T., Néraudeau, D. 2006, An ‘Elvis’ echinoid, Nucleopygus (Jolyclypus) jolyi, from the Cenomanian of France: phylogenetic analysis, sexual dimorphism and neotype designation. Cretaceous Research 27(4): 542–554
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667106000346)
I hope these papers are intersting to you, Leonardo.
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