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CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA NOTIFICATION TO THE PARTIES No. 2018/100 Geneva, 17 December 2018 CONCERNING: Standard nomenclature Standard references to be considered at CoP18 1. In Resolution Conf. 12.11 (Rev. CoP17) on Standard nomenclature, the Conference of the Parties RECOMMENDS, in paragraph 2 i), that: the Secretariat be provided with the citations (and ordering information) of checklists that will be nominated for standard references at least six months before the meeting of the Conference of the Parties at which such checklists will be considered. The Secretariat shall include such information in a Notification to the Parties so that Parties can obtain copies to review if they wish before the meeting. 2. In compliance with this recommendation, the nomenclature specialists for the Animals and Plants Committees have proposed the citations of checklists that will be nominated for taxonomic standard references at the 18th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP18, Colombo, 2019). These are listed below, along with a link to where each reference can be accessed or ordered. FAUNA 3. The proposed standard references for fauna are as follows: Mammalia Kitchener A. C., Breitenmoser-Würsten CH., Eizirik E., Gentry A., Werdelin L., Wilting A., Yamaguchi N., Abramov A. V., Christiansen P., Driscoll C., Duckworth J. W., Johnson W., Luo S.-J., Meijaard E., O’Donoghue P., Sanderson J., Seymour K., Bruford M., Groves C., Hoffmann M., Nowell K., Timmons Z. and Tobe S. (2017). A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group. Cat News Special Issue 11, 80 pp. This reference can be ordered by e-mailing [email protected] Reptilia Taxonomic Checklist of the Species of the Genus Abronia. Species information extracted from UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016): The Reptile Database. (http://reptile-database.org/), version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf. Lanthanotidae - Family, genus and species information extracted from the Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS), an online reference (https://www.itis.gov); and species information extracted from UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016): The Reptile Database. (http://reptile-database.org/), version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf. Postal address – CITES Secretariat • Palais des Nations • Avenue de la Paix 8-14 • CH-1211 Geneva 10 • Switzerland Street address – International Environment House • Chemin des Anémones • CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva • Switzerland Tel: +41 (22) 917 81 39/40 • Fax: +41 (22) 797 34 17 • Email: [email protected] • Web: http://www.cites.org Notification No. 2018/100 page 2 Atheris desaixi - Species information extracted from UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016): The Reptile Database. (http://reptile-database.org/), version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf Bitis worthingtoni - Species information from UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016): The Reptile Database. (http://reptile-database.org/), version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf Lygodactylus williamsi - Species information extracted from UETZ, P., FREED, P. & HŎSEK, J. (eds.) (2016): The Reptile Database. (http://reptile-database.org/), version of 15 August 2016, accessed 11 May 2017. See Annex 2 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A2.pdf Amphibia Dyscophus spp. - Species information extracted from FROST, D. R. (ed.) (2017), Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html), Version 6.0, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 3 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A3.pdf Paramesotriton hongkongensis - Species information extracted from FROST, D. R. (ed.) (2017), Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html), Version 6.0, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 3 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A3.pdf Scaphiophryne spp. - Species information extracted from FROST, D. R. (ed.) (2017), Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html), Version 6.0, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 3 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A3.pdf Telmatobius culeus - Species information extracted from FROST, D. R. (ed.) (2017), Amphibian Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference, an online reference (http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html), Version 6.0, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 3 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A3.pdf Elasmobranchii, Actinopteri, Coelacanthi and Dipneusti Lourie, S.A., Pollom, R.A. & Foster, S.J. (2016). A global revision of the Seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Sygnathiformes): Taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research. Zootaxa 4146(1): 1-66. Can be ordered at https://biotaxa.org/zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4146.1.1 Carcharhinus falciformis - Information extracted from ESCHMEYER, W.N., FRICKE, R., & VAN DER LAAN, R. (eds.): Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References, an online reference (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp), version of 28 April 2017, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 4 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A4.pdf Alopias spp. – Information extracted from ESCHMEYER, W.N., FRICKE, R., & VAN DER LAAN, R. (eds.): Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References, an online reference (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp), version of 28 April 2017, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 4 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A4.pdf Mobula spp. – Information extracted from ESCHMEYER, W.N., FRICKE, R., & VAN DER LAAN, R. (eds.): Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References, an online reference (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp), version of 28 April Notification No. 2018/100 page 3 2017, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 4 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A4.pdf Potamotrygon spp. - Information.extracted from ESCHMEYER, W.N., FRICKE, R., & VAN DER LAAN, R. (eds.): Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References, an online reference (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp), version of 28 April 2017, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 4 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A4.pdf Holacanthus clarionensis - Information extracted from ESCHMEYER, W.N., FRICKE, R., & VAN DER LAAN, R. (eds.): Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References, an online reference (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp), version of 28 April 2017, accessed 12 May 2017. See Annex 4 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A4.pdf Cephalopoda Nautilidae - Family, genus and species information extracted from the Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS), an online reference (https://www.itis.gov), incorporating ITIS 2016a and ITIS 2016b as used by the proponents of Proposal CoP17 Prop. 48 (Rev.). See Annex 5 of AC29 Doc.35 at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/29/E-AC29-35-A5.pdf FLORA 4. The proposed standard references for flora are as follows: Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.) E. Gagnon, H.C. Lima & G.P. Lewis published in Gagnon, E., Bruneau, A., Hughes, C.E., De Queiroz, L. P. & Lewis, G.P. (2016). A new generic system for the pantropical Caesalpinia group (Leguminosae)” be adopted as the standard name for this taxon currently listed as Caesalpinia echinata. This reference can be found on “https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9203”, with free access, and additional information on the taxon can be found at http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil. BENTE B. KLITGRAARD (2005). (Platymiscium (Leguminosae: Dalbergieae); biogeography, systematics, morphology, taxonomy and uses. Kew Bulletin. Vol. 60, No. 3 (2005), pp. 321 – 400) be adopted as the standard reference for Platymiscium pleiostachium. This reference is available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4111062?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents. Free access to this reference is possible. A Supplement to the CITES Cactaceae Checklist Third Edition 2016. (HUNT, D., 2018) be adopted as a supplement to the third edition of the Cactaceae Checklist adopted at CoP17. The Supplement can be found for review on the website of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK at “goo.gl/M26yL8”. Govaerts, R., Caromel, A., Dhanda, S., Davis, F., Pavitt, A., Sinovas, P. & Vaglica, V. (2018). CITES Appendix I Orchid Checklist. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge. be adopted as the standard reference for the Appendix I taxa included. This reference can be found for review on the website of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK at “goo.gl/M26yL8”. 5. Furthermore, the nomenclature specialist for fauna has indicated that a few additional taxonomic standard references for fauna have not yet been formally proposed, but will be under consideration for adoption or deletion at CoP18.
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    Contributions to Zoology, 83 (3) 195-215 (2014) Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of the coral genera Australomussa and Parascolymia (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) Roberto Arrigoni1, 7, Zoe T. Richards2, Chaolun Allen Chen3, 4, Andrew H. Baird5, Francesca Benzoni1, 6 1 Dept. of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milan, Italy 2 Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, WA 6106, Australia 3Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan 4 Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan 5 ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia 6 Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR227 Coreus2, 101 Promenade Roger Laroque, BP A5, 98848 Noumea Cedex, New Caledonia 7 E-mail: [email protected] Key words: COI, evolution, histone H3, Lobophyllia, Pacific Ocean, rDNA, Symphyllia, systematics, taxonomic revision Abstract Molecular phylogeny of P. rowleyensis and P. vitiensis . 209 Utility of the examined molecular markers ....................... 209 Novel micromorphological characters in combination with mo- Acknowledgements ...................................................................... 210 lecular studies have led to an extensive revision of the taxonomy References ...................................................................................... 210 and systematics of scleractinian corals. In the present work, we Appendix .......................................................................................
  • Resurrecting a Subgenus to Genus: Molecular Phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (Order Scleractinia; Family Euphylliidae; Clade V)

    Resurrecting a Subgenus to Genus: Molecular Phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (Order Scleractinia; Family Euphylliidae; Clade V)

    Resurrecting a subgenus to genus: molecular phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (order Scleractinia; family Euphylliidae; clade V) Katrina S. Luzon1,2,3,*, Mei-Fang Lin4,5,6,*, Ma. Carmen A. Ablan Lagman1,7, Wilfredo Roehl Y. Licuanan1,2,3 and Chaolun Allen Chen4,8,9,* 1 Biology Department, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines 2 Shields Ocean Research (SHORE) Center, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines 3 The Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines 4 Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 5 Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia 6 Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan 7 Center for Natural Sciences and Environmental Research (CENSER), De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines 8 Taiwan International Graduate Program-Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan 9 Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan * These authors contributed equally to this work. ABSTRACT Background. The corallum is crucial in building coral reefs and in diagnosing systematic relationships in the order Scleractinia. However, molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed a paraphyly in a majority of traditional families and genera among Scleractinia showing that other biological attributes of the coral, such as polyp morphology and reproductive traits, are underutilized. Among scleractinian genera, the Euphyllia, with nine nominal species in the Indo-Pacific region, is one of the groups Submitted 30 May 2017 that await phylogenetic resolution. Multiple genetic markers were used to construct Accepted 31 October 2017 Published 4 December 2017 the phylogeny of six Euphyllia species, namely E. ancora, E. divisa, E.
  • Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum

    Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum

    JOURNAL OF THE EAST AFRICA NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY AND NATIONAL MUSEUM 15 October, 1978 Vol. 31 No. 167 A CHECKLIST OF mE SNAKES OF KENYA Stephen Spawls 35 WQodland Rise, Muswell Hill, London NIO, England ABSTRACT Loveridge (1957) lists 161 species and subspecies of snake from East Mrica. Eighty-nine of these belonging to some 41 genera were recorded from Kenya. The new list contains some 106 forms of 46 genera. - Three full species have been deleted from Loveridge's original checklist. Typhlops b. blanfordii has been synonymised with Typhlops I. lineolatus, Typhlops kaimosae has been synonymised with Typhlops angolensis (Roux-Esteve 1974) and Co/uber citeroii has been synonymised with Meizodon semiornatus (Lanza 1963). Of the 20 forms added to the list, 12 are forms collected for the first time in Kenya but occurring outside its political boundaries and one, Atheris desaixi is a new species, the holotype and paratypes being collected within Kenya. There has also been a large number of changes amongst the 89 original species as a result of revisionary systematic studies. This accounts for the other additions to the list. INTRODUCTION The most recent checklist dealing with the snakes of Kenya is Loveridge (1957). Since that date there has been a significant number of developments in the Kenyan herpetological field. This paper intends to update the nomenclature in the part of the checklist that concerns the snakes of Kenya and to extend the list to include all the species now known to occur within the political boundaries of Kenya. It also provides the range of each species within Kenya with specific locality records .