Chamundeeswari Kanagaraj

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What are the reasons for misnomers in species scientific names?

In taxonomy research articles, we could see spelling errors in some scientific names of species probably of typographical error or adopting the pioneer work etc., but what causes misrepresenting a...

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Can anyone tell when the term starfish is replaced by sea star? Is the term sea star universally accepted name?

I am working on echinoderm taxonomy. After read the book The invertebrates: Echinodermata written by Hyman 1955, I came to know that the term starfish gives different meaning and it is replaced by...

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