Dear Geoff,
The Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms to which you alerted us is a valiant attempt but I am not sure why it claims to represent a consensus. For oligochaetous annelids there appear to be no references to the main workers in the taxonomy of the group and it is particularly noteworthy that the results of the excellent molecular analysis by James and Davidson "Molecular phylogeny of earthworms (Annelida: Crassiclitellata)...." in Invertebrate Systematics 26 (2) 213-229, appear to have been ignored. As the title of that paper suggests the group Crassiclitellata, which you say in the errata should be deleted, is strongly supported as is much of what you term "The weird structure and names of the Clitellates " and I am uncertain why "what remains is more recognisable to Annelid workers." The author of one of the few recent terms to survive - Metagynophora - is not referenced and the correction of the obsolete Order Opistophophora to Opistophora should be to Opistophora, though no longer recognized.
I regret that great caution would be needed in using the suggested clitellate classification.
Kind regards,
Barrie Jamieson
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From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu [annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] on behalf of Geoff Read [Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz]
Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2015 12:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [Annelida] Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms
It seems they've made a number of errors in the Table in the pdf as published. There's an errata published in the comments.
http://www.plosone.org/annotation/listThread.action?root=86195
The weird structure and names of the Clitellates goes, and what remains is more recognisable to Annelid workers.
It's apparently correct in the Excel version of the table which is S1 Appendix. However I can't understand how errors known about on 18 March, remained in the published PDF version of the end April launch
Here's the annelid erratum
8. In Animalia: Annelida, Suborder Metagynaphora should be spelled Metagynophora and its Order Opistophophora should be spelled Opistophora. Orders Apododrilida, Capilloventrida, and Crassiclitellata should be deleted. Order Branchiobdellida should be moved within Clitellata, Subclass N.N.
They did use WoRMS Polychaeta & Annelid as a source, together with a couple of Greg's papers, and a paper of Goto's placing Echiura in Annelids. Also the Struck et al 2007, 2011,
Rousset 2007 papers. Linking the relevant papers to the relevant table entries would have been a good idea . I'd have tried to have something like that.
They pretty much follow what is current in WoRMS for traditional Polychaeta. A work in progress.
Geoff
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From: James Blake <jablake9 from gmail.com>
Sent: 01 May 2015 12:11
To: Geoff Read; ANNELIDA
Subject: Re: [Annelida] Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms
Well, this effort by the CoL guys is going to start quite a few conversations. I barely got past the plants, but note the Phylum Mollusca:
Putting the chaetoderms and solenogastres into separate classes seems a bit much. The taxon Aplacophora is not used.
Phylum Mollusca
Class Caudofoveata
Order Chaetodermatida
Class Solenogastres
Superorder Aplotegmentaria
Order Cavibelonia
Order Sterrofustia
Superorder Pachytegmentaria
Order Neomeniamorpha
Order Pholidoskepia
In contrast the Annelida seems overly simplified.
Jim
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 7:40 PM, Geoff Read <Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz<mailto:Geoffrey.Read from niwa.co.nz>> wrote:
Hi,
Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms.
Here's what the CoL guys came up with.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
Geoff
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