Classification of Species
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The Swedish Doctor and Scientist Carl von Linné (or Linnaeus) introduced the classification of nature (taxonomy) in the 18th century. His influential work 'Systema Naturae' (1758) is the basis for modern taxonomy of all living organisms.
The scientific name is comprised of two words. The first (always a noun) is the name of the genus to which the species belongs. The second word is the name of the species itself. Written in Latin, on many occasions the name originates from other languages or from the names of persons, who somehow were involved in the discovery of the species. A newly discovered species becomes valid ('baptised') with a scientific description in a printed medium, which bears an ISSN number (usually a scientific journal). SpeciesWorld gives you the opportunity to connect a name of your choice with the newly discovered species. Whether you choose your name, the name of somebody you love, your favourite actor, or somebody you just want to tease in a friendly way (e.g. name a mosquito or microbe after someone you like to tease). For example, the beautiful Queen Victoria Water Lily Victoria amazonica was named in honour of Queen Victoria of England in 1838, the Ant-like Flower Beetle Derarimus riga Telnov, 2001 was devoted to the 800 jubilee of the Riga city (capital of Latvia), and the subspecies of the Glaphyrid Scarab Beetle, Pygopleurus rufovillescens undofi Keith, 2001, was named after the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force on the Golan Hights (UNDOF). |
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