Dear Lena and colleagues,
In such cases, it is suggested by all editors that a critique article
pointing out these inconsistencies should be submitted to the same
Journal. And such articles are, indeed, considered as formal
publications.
In this particular journal, I'm sure you can even ask for a fee waiver
to avoid the high publication costs.
I remember for example Dr. Zibrowius who had detected three such cases
of "new species" in molluscs and other phyla whose the descriptions
were in fact based on Ditrupa arietina individuals.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Christos.
Quoting Elena Kupriyanova <Elena.Kupriyanova from austmus.gov.au>:
> Dear all,
>> Sorry, I just cannot be quiet about it. I just seriously wonder why
> invasion ecologists so blatantly ignore any taxonomical research and
> I wonder where they get information that they publish?
>> Here is a recent example
>https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0191859>> They claim that they found common Australian serpulid Spirobranchus
> taeniatus and that it is a NATIVE SPECIES in Bay of Biscay, Spain. A
> 5-second search shows to anyone that this species was described from
> Australia and is known only from temperate Australia (for example
>http://www.iobis.org/explore/#/taxon/844904).
> They also write exactly this:
> Five species were not native: Crassostrea gigas, Ostrea stentina,
> Austrominius modestus, Serpula columbiana, and Neodexiospira sp. C.
> gigas and A. modestus are listed in the global invasive species
> database (GISD, http://www.issg.org/database).
> Yes, Serpula columbiana is not a native species in the study area,
> it is known only from the West Coast of the USA, but it is NOT
> listed in the database above (check you don't belive me)!
> See Fig. 5 - this is what their wonderful identification "using
> genetic barcoding" looks like - the sequences are fragments of 18S!
> And their photos do not even closely resemble tubes of Spirobranchus
> taeniatus and Serpula columbiana.
> I just cannot believe it.
>>>> Dr. Elena Kupriyanova
> Senior Research Scientist
> Marine Invertebrates
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